Preacher Battles Back after Restraining Order Following Bible Verse Protest: 'We're Willing to Fight All the Way'

Billy Hallowell : May 8, 2023
Faithwire.com

"He can be put in jail, fined, taken away if he says anything in terms of Bible verses or anything dealing with these LGBT people that felt threatened by one of the Bible verses..." -John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute

[Faithwire.com] A constitutional attorney is sounding the alarm about a case he says could have sweeping religious liberty ramifications. (Screengrab image: John W. Whitehead-Rutherford Institute)

John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit civil liberties organization, said his client, Rich Penkoski, was slapped with a five-year restraining order that prevents him from protesting online or in person the activities of an LGBT organization in Oklahoma.

As CBN News previously reported, the situation unfolded after the preacher posted his moral and religious concerns online, expressing his beliefs about a church that purportedly supported same-sex marriage and a drag queen performance in front of kids.

Penkoski also reportedly posted on Facebook about a lesbian couple's wedding ceremony, sharing a church's public picture of the gay nuptials; one of the women is allegedly the executive board president for Oklahomans for Equality Bartlesville.

Romans 1:32 was allegedly shared along with that posting. This Scripture reads (ESV): "Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them."

As The Christian Post noted, Matthew 18:6 was also shared... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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