An Orwellian nightmare became a reality for an evangelical preacher this week when a cop near the University of Texas at Austin issued him a “disorderly conduct” citation for “offending” a student. An intern with Campus Ministry USA was confronted by multiple police officers on Tuesday and informed he would be written up for offending a student. Video of the incident soon went viral on YouTube.
“We had somebody that was offended by the gestures you were making,” the officer said. “And that’s our job – to make sure that doesn’t happen, because these are students just walking in this mall right here. So the job here is to write you up as a citation, disorderly conduct, for offending someone.”
The preacher asked how it was against the law to use biological terms like “penis” during a presentation on science-related issues, but rebuffed. “It doesn’t matter, freedom of speech. Someone was offended – that’s against the law. I don’t want to argue with you. That’s against the law.”
The organization’s leader, Brother Jed Smock, told the Daily Caller on Wednesday that its intern was merely talking about the risk of sexually-transmitted diseases linked with anal sex......
The preacher asked how it was against the law to use biological terms like “penis” during a presentation on science-related issues, but rebuffed. “It doesn’t matter, freedom of speech. Someone was offended – that’s against the law. I don’t want to argue with you. That’s against the law.”
The organization’s leader, Brother Jed Smock, told the Daily Caller on Wednesday that its intern was merely talking about the risk of sexually-transmitted diseases linked with anal sex......
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