Saturday, July 28, 2007

Men giving away Bibles cleared of charges
2 Gideons cited while on public property near Florida school
July 28, 2007

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.
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