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Nick Park |
This week I am in court in Northern Ireland (which is under British jurisdiction) as a defense witness for an 80 year-old pastor who is on trial for using "gross and offensive language" against Muslims during a church sermon. If convicted he faces 6 months jail.
The first day of court was yesterday, and the defense lawyer insisted that the judge should watch the full DVD of the service in question 'to get the context'. So we spent two hours watching a full Pentecostal church service in court, including the worship, the full sermon, and an altar call with people getting saved.
During the playing of the DVD people in the public gallery were raising their hands, singing along with the songs and there were occasional shouts of 'Amen' and 'Hallelujah' while the sermon was being played.
Such scenes, in the stiff and staid atmosphere of the British legal system, are unprecedented.
Today (Tuesday) the prosecution should finish their case. The key witnesses for the defense (apart from the pastor who is accused) are myself, a Catholic priest, a Muslim imam, and a British Member of Parliament.
Please do pray for reason and common sense to prevail and that this elderly pastor should not be jailed for expressing his beliefs.
A newspaper report on the first day of the trial is here: http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/northern-ireland-news/mcguinness-call-for-probe-into-mcconnell-sparks-laughter-in-court-1-7116247
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I had no idea the British court system was so bad when it came to human rights.
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Nick - nicely done.
Hopefully liberty to speak will continue for a while longer.
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A great report and also prayers for RIGHT to continue to prevail. Thanks so much for posting this. 
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There is a great battle going on through out the world to put the Gospel of Jesus Christ on trial. Thank God a judge had the common sense to see the truth about this elderly pastor.
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