Sentences with phrase «case against the pastors»

Not exact matches

Prosecutors in the case of two Christian pastors men accused of crimes against the Sudanese state have... More

So the White House can condemn this but not the Troy Davis case... nothing against the pastor, but way to speak up for your own...

Although the judge's decision did not deal with whether or not the sexual abuse actually happened, this latest turn of events is something of a victory for SGM, whose legal strategy has been to first argue that the First Amendment gives pastors the right to discourage victims of abuse from reporting the crimes against them to police and second to argue that the case should be thrown out on technicalities, such as the statute of limitations.

In the denomination to which I once belonged, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), more traditional pastors are beginning to wake up to the fact that, even if the civil government does exercise some restraint in compelling pastors to act against conscience, it is hardly the case that their denomination itself will.

The case against Stephen Boisson, another Christian, a pastor, who wrote a letter to a local newspaper in Red Deer against homosexuality was appealed to the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench who ruled in favour of former - pastor Stephen Boissoin.

Freedom of expression is in my view a different case: thus the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench got it right when it decided that a former pastor could speak publicly against homosexuality, short of inciting violence.