Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Andrew C Smith <a.c.smith AT juno.com>]

This article come to me on the same day as Vince's notice about "freedom
to read":
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A Subversive Gospel

Bibles are being burned in Cuba, according to the 
evangelical Christian mission group Open Doors.  Jeff Taylor 
of Compass Direct News Service writes that an eyewitness 
account broadcast from Miami-based Radio Mambi reports that 
thousands of Bibles were thrown from a truck into a dump and 
set on fire by Cuban authorities, who called them 
"subversive."  

Meanwhile, Costa Rican Catholic Archbishop Roman Arrieta was 
acquitted of charges brought against him by "gay"  activists 
during an unprecedented court hearing February 4.  The Pink 
Triangle Foundation accused Arrieta of four counts of human 
rights and civil rights violations based on his criticism of 
a "gay and lesbian" festival scheduled to be held in Quepos 
last August.  

"I fervently desire that legal means be found to stop this 
festival, and that our people, both men and women, express 
in a dignified and civilized fashion their complete 
rejection of it," said the archbishop during a homily on 
August 2, 1998.  Pink Triangle President Francisco Madrigal 
alleged that the archbishop had encouraged "homophobic 
attitudes" with his homily.  The Rev. Minor de Jesus Calvo 
faces a similar hearing on February 25 for criticisms made 
in a radio broadcast.





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