{"id":1947,"date":"2023-03-13T13:08:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2023-03-13T13:22:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:22:37","slug":"watch-christian-preacher-arrested-for-misgendering-during-street-outreach-case-now-overturned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1947","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Christian Preacher Arrested for \u2018Misgendering\u2019 During Street Outreach, Case Now Overturned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>N<em>ote: This article may contain commentary reflecting the author&#8217;s opinion.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McConnell, however, had his conviction overturned last week when the Leeds Magistrates\u2019 Court dropped his conviction which was to do 80 of community service and pay a 620 pound fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to explain McConnell\u2019s situation, the Christian Legal Centre, which is representing him, put out a video to show the public the preacher\u2019s dilemma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYes, it is a first for me being arrested for so-called \u2018misgendering\u2019 someone,\u201d McConnell said in the video. \u201cIt is absolutely worrying, Just because someone feels like a woman or they believe they\u2019re a woman. If we simply say, \u2018No, I don\u2019t agree with you. I believe that you are a man.\u2019 You can be arrested for that and prosecuted for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During one sermon on June 8, 2021, McConnell was approached by a male who identified as a \u2018trans woman\u2019 who questioned whether God accepted the LGBT community to which the preacher said that God could not accept \u2018sin.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McConnell also said that \u201chomosexuality is an abomination in the eyes of God\u201d and that \u201cthe Bible says lesbianism is an unnatural and vile passion,\u201d as reported by&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2023\/03\/11\/vindicated-christian-street-preachers-misgendering-conviction-overturned\/?fbclid=IwAR2oLkHMqFrgYK_X4IF2S9q5-_k3CqVOHvaaMrIll8HM8CfK0168XlopTDQ\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Breitbart<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/sp.rmbl.ws\/s8\/2\/Y\/f\/G\/F\/YfGFi.caa.mp4?u=4&amp;b=0\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following this interaction, he was repeatedly hassled for calling the questioner a \u201cgentleman\u201d which led to a massive crowd heckling and chanting \u201chate speech\u201d at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/dcenquirer.com\/watch-christian-preacher-arrested-for-misgendering-during-street-outreach-case-now-overturned\/\">https:\/\/dcenquirer.com\/watch-christian-preacher-arrested-for-misgendering-during-street-outreach-case-now-overturned\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This article may contain commentary reflecting the author&#8217;s opinion. 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\u2019 Court dropped his conviction which was to do 80 of community service and pay a 620 pound fine. In order to explain McConnell\u2019s situation, the Christian Legal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1947"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1955,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions\/1955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}