Taking the war on Christmas to new heights, Patrick Mahoney is preparing to go to jail to defend religious freedom.
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Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, is planning to read the Christmas Story at the Capitol Tree on Thursday at noon. The Capitol Christmas Tree is located on the West Lawn of the United States Capitol Building.
"It is hard to imagine that a minister, or any American, would face possible arrest or citation for reading the Christmas Story from the Bible or holding a Nativity Display in the palm of their hand in front of the Capitol Christmas Tree on the lawn of the United States Capitol Building," Mahoney says. "Yet, this is what I am facing on Thursday at noon."
Mahoney met with Capitol Police officials to share his plans to sing Christmas Carols, read the Christmas story, pray for peace, justice and religious freedom, hold a small five-inch nativity display, and pray for political leaders at the Capitol Christmas Tree.
Police informed Mahoney that some of his activities may be prohibited or constitute an illegal demonstration. So Mahoney contacted his attorney, Jim Henderson, senior counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, who in turn called the Office of General Counsel for the Capitol Police on Tuesday.
Henderson sent Mahoney an e-mail explaining that his use of the Bible or the ornament would convert his activity, in the view of the Capitol Police, into a prohibited demonstration.
Source: Charisma News | JENNIFER LECLAIRE
