The United Kingdom continues its descent, making a dystopian nightmare a reality.
The BBC reported last week that Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England, has proposed an injunction against Christian street preachers in the towns of Aldershot and Farnborough.The council claimed they received "a significant number of complaints from residents and businesses of some street preachers" over the past two years.
They said the the preachers "have caused harassment, alarm, distress, and a public nuisance, especially with respect to use of a loud speaker and aggressively approaching members of the public."
"Among the claims are complaints that the preachers have made 'homophobic and disablist comments,' laid hands on children without parental permission and claimed 'members of the public have "evil spirit" within them.'
"The council would like to emphasise that we understand the sensitive nature of this issue and the legal action is not intended to prevent peaceful groups of any faith, including Christianity, from preaching, or in any way prevent freedom of speech," the spokesperson added.
Although the official claim said this action applies to preachers of "different backgrounds" as the BBC reported it, the spokesperson's remarks and the context point to this being targeted at Christians specifically.
Jamie Broadey, a evangelist preacher in Aldershot, gave his view on the ramifications of the action. "If you have a society of censorship, maybe people won't be offended, but also people won't find the truth."
The U.K.'s Telegraph reported comments by another evangelist, Sally McGuinness, who felt this could escalate to being the norm across the country.
"If this is not challenged and stopped in its tracks now, it will spread and will be terrible for Christian freedoms and freedom in general in this country," she said.
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