Charisma News last week reported that Miami Pastor Jack Hakimian was in danger of losing his church lease because he boldly preached that homosexuality is a sin.
Now, his landlord is backing down in the face of reminders about the First Amendment.
Miami-Dade
County School Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho had threated to revoke
the lease from Impact Miami Church, which rents from a local high
school. The superintendent planned to review the lease following one of
Hakimian’s sermon that called out the intolerance of those who espouse
the gay agenda.
What caused the superintendent to
change his mind? Liberty Counsel sent a letter on Hakimian’s behalf
stating that any adverse action against the pastor for his speech would
violate the First Amendment.
“In recent days we
have seen stepped-up attacks against free speech,” says Mat Staver,
founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “It is outrageous that a public
school superintendent could think he has the right to threaten
revocation of a lease because of what the pastor preaches in the pulpit.
No public official is above the law. The First Amendment stands as a bulwark against homo-fascism.”
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