Bible Banned and Labeled as "Hate Speech!"


Michael Marcavage, director of Repent America, faces up to 15 months in jail and a $2,800 fine for reading from the Bible at his local borough council meeting.  He is a resident of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, which is the first community in Delaware County to have an open homosexual in public office.  Michael attended the July 21st borough council meeting to share from the Bible his opposition to the council's agenda of attracting more homosexuals to Lansdowne.  During the public comment/question period, Michael was ordered not to read from the Bible by the president of the council, who stated that God's Word is "hate speech."  Michael was then physically removed from the room and ordered out of the building.  Prior to this, he was struck by one of the council members, and further assaulted by the Lansdowne police chief.  After being told he is not being charged with any crime, Michael was telephoned the next day by the police chief and informed that he is being charged with "disrupting a public meeting" and "disorderly conduct." 


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BIBLE BANNED FROM TOWN COUNCIL MEETING;
LABELED AS "HATE SPEECH"

 

Summary: Michael Marcavage, director of Repent America, faces up to 15 months in jail and a $2,800 fine for reading from the Bible at his local borough council meeting.  He is a resident of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, which is the first community in Delaware County to have an open homosexual in public office.  Michael attended the July 21st borough council meeting to share from the Bible his opposition to the council's agenda of attracting more homosexuals to Lansdowne.  During the public comment/question period, Michael was ordered not to read from the Bible by the president of the council, who stated that God's Word is "hate speech."  Michael was then physically removed from the room and ordered out of the building.  Prior to this, he was struck by one of the council members, and further assaulted by the Lansdowne police chief.  After being told he is not being charged with any crime, Michael was telephoned the next day by the police chief and informed that he is being charged with "disrupting a public meeting" and "disorderly conduct." 

~ Read Michael's narrative of the incident by
clicking here.


~ Read the Philadelphia Gay News article concerning the incident by
clicking here.

~ Read
Michael's column:  Exposing Lansdowne Borough Council's UnGodly Agenda

Action is needed before the Bible is banned from all public meetings and labeled as "hate speech."  Please contact the individuals listed below to admonish them for their unGodly agenda, and the assault and harassment of Michael
Marcavage.

Lansdowne Borough Council Members:

Norman M. Council
114
Gladstone Road
Lansdowne, PA  19050

(610) 622-7169


Update 11/1/05: Mr. Council has since
resigned from the borough council and
no longer lives at this address, but his
mail forward may still be in effect.

president of the borough council
called God's Word "hate speech"

supported motion to adjourn meeting
when Michael began to read from the Bible

Laura Fryer
106
Lansdowne Court
Lansdowne, PA  19050

(610) 622-0630

vice president of the council

supported motion to adjourn meeting
when Michael began to read from the Bible

Kevin M. Lee
120
Windermere Avenue
Lansdowne, PA  19050

(610) 284-4222

open homosexual activist
unanimously appointed to the council

moved to adjourn the meeting
when Michael began to read from the Bible

Elliot Borgman
85 
W. LaCrosse Avenue
Lansdowne, PA  19050

(610) 626-1664

assaulted Michael in hallway and was
charged with disorderly conduct

supported motion to adjourn meeting
when Michael began to read from the Bible

William Smith
169 Berkley Avenue, Suite A
Lansdowne, PA  19050
(610) 622-7834

seconded motion to adjourn meeting
when Michael began to read from the Bible

Ann C. Hill
48
Rose Lane
Lansdowne, PA  19050

(610) 284-5251

supported motion to adjourn meeting
when Michael began to read from the Bible

Eugene Wayne
33
E. Greenwood Avenue
Lansdowne, PA  19050

(610) 259-3337

supported motion to adjourn meeting
when Michael began to read from the Bible


Lansdowne Borough Police Department:

Daniel J. Kortan, Chief of Police
Lansdowne Borough Police Department
12 E. Baltimore Pike
Lansdowne, PA  19050
(610) 623-0700
(610) 623-0748

dragged Michael from the council meeting and threw him into an elevator


Other Important Contacts:

G. Michael Green, District Attorney
Delaware County District Attorney's Office
Courthouse, Room
102
201 W. Front Street

Media, PA  19063

(610) 891-4161

write the DA and demand that
an investigation be conducted into the
assault by the police chief and the false
charges brought against Michael

Letter to the Editor
Delaware County Daily Times
500 Mildred Avenue
Primos, PA  19018
(610) 622-8800

Linda DeMeglio, Editor
E-mail your letter: 
ldemeglio@delcotimes.com

you may also write a letter to the editor
in relationship to this matter

this is the local paper that serves the entire
county where the incident happened


You may send us a copy of your letter at the following address:

REPENT AMERICA
P.O. Box 30000
Philadelphia, PA  19103

Or, via e-mail at:
repent@repentamerica.com

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