Mon Mar 6, 2023 – 5:29 pm ESTMon Mar 6, 2023 – 5:30 pm EST
CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) — Christian pastor Derek Reimer will remain jailed until at least March 14 after saying he cannot abide by bail conditions which prevent him from protesting at future children’s drag queen story time events.
Reimer last week was hit with a slew of charges, including those related to so-called “hate speech,” for protesting a children’s drag queen story time at a public library in Calgary, Alberta.
Today, Reimer, of Mission7 street ministries, had a bail hearing in court via video conference and was granted bail at $3,000.
However, his release conditions also made it so that he had to promise to not protest at any drag queen events and stay at least 500 meters from where they are being held.
His lawyer, Ben Allison, noted that such conditions “would be impossible for him to satisfy,” and as a result, Reimer’s bail hearing was adjourned until March 14.
As it stands, Reimer remains in custody at the Calgary Remand Centre, which is the same jail Pastor Artur Pawlowski was detained for weeks after being arrested for protesting COVID
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