Toronto police shut down preacher at Gay Pride parade
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...