Excerpts from:
San Antonio Preparing to Arrest Christians Who Speak Out on the Bible
Posted by
Dave Jolly ~ Source article ~ July 29, 2013
The San Antonio City Council is about to adopt an ordinance that could get any Christian arrested for preaching the Bible or sharing their faith. They are looking at passing some nondiscrimination ordinances that would make it a crime to exhibit or express any form of bias that could offend someone.
“No person shall be appointed to a position if the city council finds that such person has, prior to such proposed appointment, engaged in discrimination or demonstrated a bias, by word or deed, against any person, group or organization on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, age, or disability.”
Anyone found guilty of violating the new ordinance would be given a lifetime ban from being able to hold a city job, being involved with city government or even doing business with the city. In other words, if a Christian works for the city as a garbage collector or street repair and they tell someone that the Bible says homosexuality is a sin, they could lose their job for expressing their bias....
Any pastor who stands in the pulpit and reads from Leviticus 18, 20 or Romans 1, could be found guilty of violating the nondiscriminatory ordinance and face the consequences. In fact, the ordinance would make it impossible for any good conservative Bible believing person, minister, church leader or lay person, to work for the city....
Clearly the ordinance violates the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and religion. Opponents of the ordinance also point out that it violates Article VI, paragraph 3 of the US Constitution that states:
“No religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”....