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Christian street preacher David McConnell was arrested in 2021 in the United Kingdom when he dared to misgender Farrah Munir who identified as a woman but is in fact a man.
McConnell, however, had his conviction overturned last week when the Leeds Magistrates’ Court dropped his conviction which was to do 80 of community service and pay a 620 pound fine.
In order to explain McConnell’s situation, the Christian Legal Centre, which is representing him, put out a video to show the public the preacher’s dilemma.
“Yes, it is a first for me being arrested for so-called ‘misgendering’ someone,” McConnell said in the video. “It is absolutely worrying, Just because someone feels like a woman or they believe they’re a woman. If we simply say, ‘No, I don’t agree with you. I believe that you are a man.’ You can be arrested for that and prosecuted for that.”
McConnell has been street preaching across the UK for over 15 years where he has attempted to spread the gospel upon his conversion to Christ in 2006.
During one sermon on June 8, 2021, McConnell was approached by a male who identified as a ‘trans woman’ who questioned whether God accepted the LGBT community to which the preacher said that God could not accept ‘sin.’
McConnell also said that “homosexuality is an abomination in the eyes of God” and that “the Bible says lesbianism is an unnatural and vile passion,” as reported by Breitbart.
Following this interaction, he was repeatedly hassled for calling the questioner a “gentleman” which led to a massive crowd heckling and chanting “hate speech” at him.
Original Article: https://dcenquirer.com/watch-christian-preacher-arrested-for-misgendering-during-street-outreach-case-now-overturned/