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Post by Jesse Morrell on Mar 21, 2007 15:21:19 GMT -5
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1611isperfect
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Publick preaching in Tallahassee, FL
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Post by 1611isperfect on Mar 21, 2007 16:32:22 GMT -5
AMEN!!! Praise God! Now that's a REAL Baptist. ;D
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Post by Doc H on Mar 21, 2007 19:18:48 GMT -5
I have heard he is a 'good' man.
My pastor told me that Brother Ball got so full of the Holy Ghost at a Good Ole Baptist Revival meeting that he ran down the aisle so fast that not only did he knock down the pulpit but also the preacher.
You see Jesse us Independent Baptists KJBO believers do believe in the Holy Ghost!
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Post by Josh Parsley on Mar 22, 2007 9:05:59 GMT -5
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Post by jonathanhulewicz on Mar 24, 2007 3:46:04 GMT -5
AMEN!!! Praise God! Now that's a REAL Baptist. ;D AMEN AND AMEN!!
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Post by oap001 on Mar 25, 2007 15:55:21 GMT -5
Law-testing street preacher lands in jail John Harbin Times-News Staff Writer john.harbin@hendersonvillenews.com
William "Billy" Ball
Zoom His third trip to preach the gospel on Four Seasons Boulevard this week earned Georgia evangelist Billy Ball the result he had predicted. He was thrown in jail.
Ball, who had promised to test a law that he says is unconstitutional, was charged with "use of sidewalks and streets for sermon" in violation of the city's public demonstrations ordinance.
Hendersonville Police Capt. John Nicholson said Ball, a 46-year-old preacher from Primrose, Ga., was arrested around noon Friday at the intersection of Four Seasons Boulevard and Coolridge Street.
Nicholson said Ball remained in jail Friday afternoon under a $110 bond, which would cover court costs, because he refused to pay the money.
If Ball's supporters do not pay his bond this weekend, he will have a first court appearance on the charges Monday.
Nicholson said Ball told police that his supporters would be in Hendersonville sometime today to bail him out and put on a larger demonstration.
"You understand our position," fellow Georgia pastor Randy Bryson told the Times-News in a telephone interview Friday afternoon. The city "has done this against our First Amendment rights. This is something that could have been handled easier, but they have pushed the envelope."
Bryson said he was "upset and disturbed" to hear about Ball's arrest.
"We feel like the city's ordinance is a violation of our rights," he said. "They have no leeway in the ordinance to allow us to exercise our freedom of speech. We didn't come for a fight, the police could have let us slide."
Permission required
Ball received a citation from Hendersonville Police Thursday and vowed he would be back to challenge Hendersonville's city ordinance. The local law requires street preachers to get "written permission by the police chief based on his opinion."
City ordinance 46-83, which has been in place since 1971, says: "No person shall deliver a sermon, lecture, address or discourse, nor give any public demonstration, exhibition or entertainment, nor shall any person by hawking, outcry or loud calling through megaphones or other like devices, advertise any entertainment, show or public sale of any kind whatsoever on the streets, alleys, sidewalks, public squares or any public grounds of the city without having first obtained the written permission of the chief of police. Such permission may, at any time, be revoked by the chief of police if, in his opinion, the good morals, safety and public order of the city so demand."
Ball contends having to ask permission from the police chief violated his First Amendment rights.
"People need to take a look at this ordinance and realize that total discretion is in (Police Chief) Donnie Parks' hands," Ball said Thursday. "Our attorney said the person who wrote this ordinance is guilty of legal malpractice, and it's a most blatant offense of the Constitution."
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Post by Jesse Morrell on Apr 11, 2007 15:38:20 GMT -5
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Post by danlirette on Apr 11, 2007 20:57:47 GMT -5
The same applies to thieves, liars, etc etc...not only gays
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