It Is Who You Know: It's not just in Canada

This from the ACLJ

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2005

Dear Bryan,
Pastor Bori Oginni was ARRESTED for holding a CHURCH SERVICE!

Sound like an incident in a Communist-ruled country? It happened in a small suburb of St. Louis, Missouri.

You can help the American Center for Law and Justice fight this frightening violation of First Amendment freedoms by giving a secure, online gift today to support our legal actions.

Here are the facts:

Oginni pastors Lighted Path Ministries International, a non-denominational Christian church, serving St. Louis, Missouri, and neighboring cities for the past six years.

The church had been using a day care facility for church services for more than two years.

During a church anniversary celebration, a local police officer stopped by to inquire about the event and left.

Three days later, the owner of the day care center was summoned to appear in court to answer questions about the religious service.

Later, a police officer arrived at a Sunday morning service and asked to speak with the pastor and have him fill out a form at his office.

Pastor rode in the car with the officer to city hall (since the officer had blocked the pastor's vehicle with his police car).
Once they arrived, the officer arrested the pastor.
The violation was described as "conducting business/service without proper license."

Pastor Oginni is awaiting trial while our legal teams are already preparing for the case.
This entire humiliating incident is nothing less than religious discrimination!

We cannot allow this hostile and unfair treatment to go unchallenged. If we do nothing, where will attacks on religious freedom end?

We must stop it now. Please help the ACLJ fight the outrageous charge against Pastor
Oginni by giving online today.

Try to imagine a Sunday morning service in your church suddenly interrupted by an officer of the law who takes your own pastor away, arrests him, and throws him in jail.

It happened here ... in the U.S.!

And it could happen again, unless you and I take a stand for religious liberty and freedom.

Your immediate online financial support will help the ACLJ fight this critical legal battle and continue all our work around the country to protect your religious and constitutional rights.

Thank you!
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