Thu May 4, 2023 – 5:14 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Two young Christian men from Canada are speaking out after police ticketed them for preaching “too close” to a drag queen story hour in Calgary.
Today on The John-Henry Westen Show I interviewed Nathaniel Pawlowski, son of the persecuted Canadian pastor Artur, and Deklan Friesen, asking them to tell their story and share their thoughts on how to successfully defend Christian truth in an age increasingly hostile to it.
Pawlowski and Friesen, founders of the True Dominion Canada advocacy group, were detained and ticketed by Calgary police because they preached Bible verses outside a drag queen story hour at a public library in April.
Police told the young men they were violating a relatively new city bylaw that prohibits “insulting or demeaning behavior, including unwanted sexual advances, or harassing anyone on the basis of age, race, sexual orientation, disability, gender, gender identity or gender expression, among others.” The bylaw does not allow such “specified protests” to take place within 100 meters of city recreation centers or libraries.
Although Pawlowski said he could still face charges, they have not yet been brought against him. He told me
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