To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE


SHARE THIS ARTICLE Printer friendly version of this page

Don Lemon Needs a Lesson in YOUR Rights (Courtesy of MLK on His Day)

Stephen Green-Commentary : Jan 19, 2026  PJ Media

Since it's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let's wrap this up with a reminder of what it really looks like to peaceably assemble and to have righteousness on your side.

[PJMedia.com] We need to talk about the First Amendment because the Left uses it as a shield to hide behind while violating your genuine First Amendment rights. We begin, distastefully, with CNN-star-turned-YouTuber Don Lemon, and a shocking violation of Minnesotans' right to free exercise of their religion. (Screengrab image: via YouTube)

Recent events in Minnesota—which PJ Media's own Jennifer Rust covered last night—attracted Lemon like a fly to manure. To recap ever-so-briefly, there was some confusion over whether SBC Cities Church pastor David Easterwood is the same David Easterwood who serves as the acting field office director for ICE in Minnesota. But never mind confirming facts and things before siccing anti-ICE "protestors" on worshippers during Sunday services.

Yet Lemon claimed the moral high ground, telling lead pastor Jonathan Parnell, "Listen, there's a constitution, the First Amendment to freedom of speech and freedom to assemble and protest."

Yeah, no.

Let me just say up front that I have a more restrictive reading than is generally understood of the First Amendment's right to protest—a word that doesn't even appear in the text.

Here it is:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

That's it. That's the whole thing. A mere 45 words long, the First protects fundamental individual rights—including, the way I read it, the right to be left alone by professional busybodies, whether they're in Congress or Don Lemon and his BLM buddies... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

Continue reading, and watch the video Here.







SHARE THIS ARTICLE Printer friendly version of this page

To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE

Other Recent Articles from Breaking Christian News

PASS IT ON… Here Is How You Watch the Super Bowl 'All-American Halftime Show' Sponsored by TPUSA

After Impressive $1 Million Monday Box Office Haul, Amazon MGM Expanding 'Melania' into 200 More Theaters

Former Lesbian Goes from 'Borderline Satanism' to God Encounter: 'He'll Completely Transform Your Life'

'We're Under Attack': Jewish New Yorkers Blame Mayor Mamdani as Antisemitism Explodes

Illegal Alien Semi-Truck Driver Kills Amish Family in Head-On Crash; He Entered US Under Joe Biden

The President Unveils Drug Savings Website 'Trump Rx'

Trump Stops Tax Dollars from Funding Transgender Ideology in Other Countries

Planned Parenthood Drops Lawsuit Trying to Get Federal Funding Back from Trump

DOJ: Benghazi Attack Suspect Arrested, Will Face Charges in US; 'Time Will Not Stop Us from Going after These Predators'

A Cry from the Heart of the Nation: The 2026 National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance

Savannah Guthrie Pleads for Prayers, Kathie Lee Gifford Asks Believers to 'Bombard Heaven'

Muslims Target TX High Schools, Pass out Qurans, Hijabs

Elon Musk's Offices Raided amid Alleged Criminal Activity on Grok

Human Trafficking Crackdown Nets More than 600 Suspects, Rescues 170 Victims, Including 14 Children

Ryan Wesley Routh Sentenced to Life in Prison for Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump and Assault of a Federal Law Enforcement Officer

Good News: Another Major Medical Group Denounces Trans Surgeries (Mutilation) for Children

President Trump's Huge Announcement at the National Prayer Breakfast

The Prince of Nigeria Grew Up: How to Spot and Protect Yourself from AI and Phishing Scams

Epstein Files Expose Links To Transgender Ideology's Wealthiest Backers

Praying for Trump's 'Quiet Hammer!'



Search the Articles Archives

Keyword:  
Author:  
Words Posted On:  
Day Month Year



Subscribe to
Breaking Christian News


Follow BCN on Twitter
Are You Praying for Our Government Leaders?
BCN Staff

Steve Shultz
Steve Shultz, Managing Editor
Founder and Owner


Aimee Herd
Aimee Herd, Editor


BCN Plus
Are You Praying for President Trump?
 
 

All articles on this site and emails from BCN are copyrighted property of Breaking Christian News. Permission is given to link to, or share a BCN story if proper attribution is given to both the original writer and summarizer of the story. Breaking Christian News 2005-2019. All Rights Reserved.


Breaking Christian News is a division of Elijah List Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved


Disclaimer: Articles and links, as well as the source articles linked to; do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Breaking Christian News.

editor@breakingchristiannews.com