Cop Sued, Preached Jesus During Traffic Stop

Ellen Bogan expects police to protect and serve — not proselytize.

But she says Indiana State Police Trooper Brian Hamilton pitched Christianity to her when he pulled her over for an alleged traffic violation in August on U.S. 27 in Union County....

Bogan and the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana have filed a lawsuit in federal court against Hamilton. The lawsuit alleges he violated Bogan's First and Fourth Amendment rights when he probed into her religious background and handed her a church pamphlet that asks the reader "to acknowledge that she is a sinner."....

"The most important thing for people to understand is that the First Amendment specifies that the government shall not prefer one religion over another religion, or religious adherence over anything else," said Jennifer Drobac, a professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis who has studied religion and government.

"The police officer is representing the government ... so that means, as a representative, this person, while on duty, while engaged in official action, is basically overstepping and is trying to establish religion."....

Micah Clark, executive director of the American Family Association of Indiana, said that although the traffic stop might not have been the best time to quiz someone about faith, he questioned whether a police officer should lose his right to free speech because he is wearing a badge.

"I have people pass out religious material all the time. Mormons come to my door all the time, and it doesn't offend me," Clark said. "(This case) might not be the most persuasive time to talk to someone about their faith, but I don't think that a police officer is prohibited from doing something like that."....

What if Jesus is one of your witnesses like in this story:

We're Going to Execute a Man Who Subpoenaed Jesus While Representing Himself Wearing a Purple Cowboy Suit

The appellate court's decision, in turn, was based in part on the opinion of a Florida psychiatrist who has deemed at least three Florida death row inmates with long and well-documented histories of mental illness to be sane enough for the needle.

yet if you take your own life it's the act of a crazy person

That cop is so lucky he didn't run into someone like me. I would having him doubting his faith in less than five minuets.

I don't believe in anything but crazy or sane *** all gray areas but that's personal belief which I don't push on others

*you are assuming that faith and doubt are mutually exclusive
*Many people think doubt is the opposite of faith. That’s not true. Unbelief is the opposite of faith.
*doubt is a necessary part of faith because faith does not mean 100% certainty.

in fact the very essence of faith doesn't come without having doubt. It is actually implored upon believers to doubt what they believe so that they their belief becomes stronger. just saying your mantra is flawed if your trying to pick at the unanswerable questions about faith because there is just as much circumstantial evidence to the contrary

i wasn't pushing anything on anyone.

I was surmising the fallacy of doubt that unbelievers don't understand about it

i wasn't pushing anything on anyone.

I was surmising the fallacy of doubt that unbelievers don't understand about it

I was arguing the logic behind faith and doubt from a non hating standpoint. good job on acting like a child about the situation

That wasn't directed at you or anyone for that matter was just sayin I don't push my ideals

your all good then anjisnu, but this protectorchrono guy, pshhh there's someone i need to rage at!! XD /evilgrin