It amazes me how many Christians think Bro. Hovind should just pay for the permit. How many of those same Christians would pay for a permit to attend church this (and every) Sunday? How many of them would pay for a permit to read their Bible tonight (or any time)? I wonder how many of the media who have written critically about DAL would pay for a permit to write those articles? How many of us would pay for a permit to speak on the phone? How many would pay for a permit to post an item on the internet critical of Bro. Hovind? Why don’t those who oppose him have to pay for permits to do that?
You say, “Those things are Constitutional rights! We shouldn’t have to pay for a permit to practice our Constitutional rights!”
Exactly. Bro. Hovind’s ministries are protected by Constitutional provisions on religious liberty, free speech, and private property. Not only that, they are in obedience to God and we are to obey God rather than men. Teno