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NY Christian suddenly arrested, jailed in park prayer case

By Alliance Alert

The Church Report: "A man who had been arrested after praying in 2007 at a public park was suddenly arrested again last week by Elmira police while his case is still on appeal . . . 'Christians shouldn?t be punished for expressing their religious beliefs. It?s ridiculous to consider the act of peacefully exercising one?s faith in a public park to be ?disorderly conduct? worthy of a jail sentence,' said ADF Senior Legal Counsel [Joel Oster]. 'We are surprised at how eager the city was to arrest Mr. Raven again in light of his appeal. Now he will serve time in jail; however, we will continue to aggressively pursue his appeal in court.'"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on March 24, 2010 (boomark / email).