A Canadian pastor has been arrested for the second time in weeks after protesting the time of drag stories for children in public libraries.
Pastor Derek Reimer, 36, was arrested and charged Wednesday with violating a release order prohibiting him from being within 200 yards of events involving the LGBTQ community, a spokesperson for the service told Fox News Digital. Calgary Police.
Reimer had previously been arrested on March 2 following a February 25 incident in which three men physically kicked him out of the Seton Library for protesting a Reading with Royalty event hosted by the Calgary Public Library and featuring drag artists. locals who read to children.
Reimer was charged with one count of causing a nuisance and one count of damaging, and also faces six counts of harassment under the city’s bylaw governing public behavior. Each charge carries a fine of up to $10,000 and up to six months in prison if payment cannot be made, according to Livewire Calgary.
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Pastor Derek Reimer, 36, was arrested and charged Wednesday with violating a release order prohibiting him from being within 200 meters of events involving the LGBTQ community. (Courtesy of Nathaniel Pawlowski)
Footage of Reimer’s latest arrest in a parking lot outside Signal Hill Library in Calgary shows police handcuffing him and dragging him across the asphalt before pulling him away in a police vehicle. Bystanders protested the treatment of him and wondered if he had come within 200 meters of the event. He remains in jail and awaits a court appearance on Friday.
The Calgary City Council revised a bylaw on Tuesday and introduced a new one in response to growing protests at drag events, according to the CBC.
The Calgary City Council passed a bill on Tuesday banning protests within 100 yards of a recreational facility or library entrance. (miroslav_1 via Getty Images)
The changes included adding the term ‘intimidation’ to the current Public Behavior Regulation and new Safe and Inclusive Access Regulation prohibiting protests within 100 meters of a leisure facility or library entrance. Some councilors reportedly expressed concern about the speed with which the new bylaws were passed.
Earlier this week, Reimer was also issued a 30-day trespassing notice following a silent prayer session in the municipal building to protest the new regulation.
“Mr. Reimer was warned on a previous occasion that he could not hold a religious event inside the Town Hall unless he had a permit,” a city spokesman told the CBC.
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Pastor Artur Pawlowski, who knows Reimer and made international headlines when he was repeatedly arrested for keeping his Calgary church open during the pandemic, said Reimer’s arrests indicate “open hatred toward Christianity.” of the government.
“Anyone who is visible, anyone in Canada who boldly proclaims Christianity has become an open target,” he said.
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“Calgary has been immune to drag queen perversion for a while — because that’s what it is: It’s a sick, twisted perversion, and you can quote me on that,” she said. “A grown man who dresses as a woman in a sexual way and has the urge to do so in front of small children is a pervert, end of story.”
Pastor Artur Pawlowski, who is friends with Pastor Derek Reimer, has faced several dramatic arrests for keeping his church open during the pandemic. (Artur Pawlowski)
Since drag events involving children have begun to proliferate in Calgary, Pawlowski said Reimer “decided to feel that God is calling him to expose him, to stand against this.” He noted that Reimer has been communicating with him from prison and that he is calling on Christians to rise up and openly oppose what he described as perversion while they still can.
“I have warned Canadians for a long time – and I warn Americans as well – that you will be governed by what you tolerate,” Pawlowski said, noting how Canadian authorities have now enforced the COVID-19 protocols used to bolster ideology.
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“If you tolerate corruption, you will be governed by corruption. If you tolerate perversion, you will ultimately be governed by perversion,” he added.
