PERSECUTION WATCH:Men giving away Bibles cleared of charges

A Florida judge has dismissed all counts against two members of The Gideons International who were arrested while handing out Bibles on a public sidewalk outside a school,officials with the Alliance Defense Fund said."Christians cannot be treated as second-class citizens,"said ADF senior legal counsel David Cortman."These two men have the same constitutional rights as everyone else to pass out literature on a public sidewalk."We are pleased that the court agrees that these men should not have been arrested and dismissed the charges against them,"he said.The case has been handled by the legal alliance,which defends the right to hear and speak the truth through strategy,training,funding and litigation,since shortly after Ernest Simpson and Anthony Mirto were arrested.They had been charged with trespassing after the principal complained that they were handing out Bibles...
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