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Toronto police shut down preacher at Gay Pride parade

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English: A man with a rainbow flag at the Gay Pride parade in New York City, 2008. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) TORONTO, Ontario , July 6, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A Christian preacher spreading God ’s word on a sidewalk in Toronto during the Gay Pride Parade on Canada Day was verbally assaulted by homosexual supporters as police watched, and was later surrounded by as many as 12 officers who forced him to vacate the area. “I felt a bit threatened by the Law Enforcement violating my rights,” preacher David Lynn told LifeSiteNews. “It was really hurtful, because if that’s what happens when Christians stand up and exercise and practice their faith, then we’re not far from being imprisoned or even killed for the faith.” Lynn and his ministry team had set up a portable microphone system on a small cart, near the corner of Yonge and Wellesley, from which they preached and handed out religious tracts and free bibles. Attached above the cart was a banner which read

‘You’re promoting hate’: Toronto police shut down preacher at Gay Pride parade

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TORONTO, Ontario , July 6, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A Christian preacher spreading God’s word on a sidewalk in Toronto during the Gay Pride Parade on Canada Day was verbally assaulted by homosexual supporters as police watched, and was later surrounded by as many as 12 officers who forced him to vacate the area. “I felt a bit threatened by the Law Enforcement violating my rights,” preacher David Lynn told LifeSiteNews. “It was really hurtful, because if that’s what happens when Christians stand up and exercise and practice their faith, then we’re not far from being imprisoned or even killed for the faith.” Lynn and his ministry team had set up a portable microphone system on a small cart, near the corner of Yonge and Wellesley, from which they preached and handed out religious tracts and free bibles. Attached above the cart was a banner which read, “ Free info about Jesus .” A rainbow colored banner nearby the cart displayed the message, “Pride goes before d

Toronto police criticized for shutting down preacher at Gay Pride parade

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TORONTO, Ontario , July 9, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Canadian pro-family leaders have expressed outrage over the treatment a sidewalk preacher received at the hands of the Toronto Police Force during the recent Gay Pride parade . As many as 12 police officers surrounded the preacher, who was peacefully spreading Gospel messages, and shut him down, forcing him to vacate the area. “The Gay community is free to walk around nude on the streets, violating  Canada’s Criminal Code , but a preacher is not free to stand up and preach that ‘God loves you’. It’s a pretty dangerous country when it comes to that,” said Dr. Charles McVety, Evangelical minister and show host of The Canadian Times, to LifeSiteNews. On Canada day, preacher David Lynn and his team from Christ’s Forgiveness Ministries had set up a portable microphone system on a small cart, near the corner of Yonge and Wellesley, from which they preached and handed out religious tracts and free bibles. Lynn  told LifeS