{"id":3795,"date":"2023-04-20T09:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T16:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=3795"},"modified":"2023-04-20T09:24:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T16:24:47","slug":"preacher-ordered-not-to-post-bible-verses-offending-lgbtq-crowd-on-social-media-for-five-years-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/20\/preacher-ordered-not-to-post-bible-verses-offending-lgbtq-crowd-on-social-media-for-five-years-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Preacher Ordered Not to Post Bible Verses Offending LGBTQ Crowd on Social Media for Five Years (Oklahoma)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I fully expected this article to be over in the UK or European Union, but not here in the states. And shout out to the Rutherford Institute for fighting the case. Begs the question, is this just a homosexual judge overstepping his office, or are we getting close to the turning point where freedom of speech and freedom of religion will no longer apply to Christians who believe the Bible? Consequently, a great recap of who is behind the trans movement and how insidious it is, check out the eyeopening Jennifer Bilek interview<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Tennessee street preacher is challenging an Oklahoma court order threatening him with arrest and potential prison time if, over the next five years, he posts Bible verses condemning homosexuality on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rich Penkoski is the leader of Warriors for Christ, an organization of street preachers that, among other things, attempts to combat the LGBTQ agenda. Its home page<\/a>, for example, displays a map of the United States indicating \u201call establishments that have had events that target children for grooming.\u201d One of those establishments is, of all things, a church in Oklahoma, and taking note of it is what has Penkoski in hot water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a press release<\/a> from the Rutherford Institute, which is appealing the court order on Penkoski\u2019s behalf, last year,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Penkoski used social media to express his moral and religious concerns about a church that endorses same-sex marriage and a public drag queen performance in front of children. In one of Penkoski\u2019s posts, he shared the church\u2019s public photo of a same-sex wedding involving leaders of an LGBTQ organization and quoted Bible verses describing God\u2019s judgment of sin. In a second post, Penkoski criticized the church\u2019s publicly shared photos of children celebrating Pride Month. In a third post, Penkoski weighed in on a regional effort to ban adult-oriented entertainment in public spaces. Attempting to refute what he believed were false statements by one of the leaders of the LGBTQ group who told city council that no adult-oriented entertainment, obscenity, or sexually suggestive performances had occurred at a Pride event, Penkoski posted a video clip of the LGBTQ leader\u2019s public statement to city council along with a video and photos of a drag queen behaving in a sexually suggestive manner near children at the Pride event.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Needless to say, this did not go over well with the LGBTQ activists, who believe they have the right to do as they please without being criticized. They petitioned a Washington County, Oklahoma, court for a restraining order against Penkoski \u2014 and succeeded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlthough there was no evidence that Penkoski ever contacted, spoke to, tagged, or met the public figures leading the LGBTQ group, the trial court \u2014 based upon claims that the LGBTQ leaders felt terrorized and harassed by Penkoski\u2019s three social media posts on religious and political issues \u2014 imposed a five-year protective order against him,\u201d wrote the Rutherford Institute. That order requires Penkoski to refrain from any conduct that might cause the LGBTQ leaders to fear for their safety, which presumably includes citing Bible verses they don\u2019t like. Failure to comply could result in Penkoski\u2019s arrest and jailing for up to one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReligious individuals have a clear First Amendment right to publicly cite Bible verses that reflect their concerns about moral issues of the day without being accused of stalking, harassing or terrorizing those who are offended by the sentiments,\u201d said Rutherford Institute President John Whitehead. \u201cThis case is a foreshadowing of the government\u2019s efforts to insulate the populace from all things that might cause offense by criminalizing nonviolent First Amendment activities (speech, thought and actions) perceived as politically incorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t Penkoski\u2019s first run-in with the LGBTQ crowd. Last summer, his YouTube channel, which had 526,000 subscribers, and Facebook page were temporarily shut down thanks to complaints from an online \u201cstalker,\u201d he told MyChristianDaily<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It isn\u2019t hard to figure out why they hate him. He and his fellow preachers show up at \u201cpride\u201d events and drag queen story hours and not only preach to those in attendance but also livestream the event so the public can see what\u2019s really happening, not the sanitized version presented by the mainstream media. Penkoski claims to have exposed some drag queens as sex offenders and to have \u201cshut down 21 events [as of last July] where drag queens were targeting children.\u201d He also says his livestreams have resulted in the conversion of \u201cdozens of homosexuals\u201d as well as a former Antifa activist and a couple who were addicted to drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make sure he \u2014 and anyone else who might quote the Bible in a way that offends someone \u2014 can continue to preach without fear of arrest, Penkoski is asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to overturn the lower court\u2019s restraining order against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I fully expected this article to be over in the UK or European Union, but not here in the states. And shout out to the Rutherford Institute for fighting the case. Begs the question, is this just a homosexual judge overstepping his office, or are we getting close to the turning point where freedom of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-god","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3795"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3797,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3795\/revisions\/3797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}