l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | | l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 2 美国凤凰城牧师因组织家庭聚会， 被控违反城管规定，被判入狱60 天并处罚金$12,
000
详情见：
http://christiannews.net/2012/07/09/phoenix-pastor-sentenced-fo
The preacher in Phoenix, Arizona that was sentenced to 60-days incarceration
for holding worship meetings on his private property is now in jail.
“I have spent time with my family this morning praying, crying and saying
our goodbye. My heart is broken, but glory to God,” Michael Salman, father
of six, wrote on his Facebook page this morning. “Our God wil take care of
us and my family. Please pray for us! Until God opens the prison’s door, I
will be with you all in prayer and spirit.”
Christian News Network spoke with Michael Salman and his wife Suzanne from
their home prior to his reporting to the Maricopa County Jail at 10 a.m.
local time to serve his sentence.
Suzanne affirmed that while having her husband incarcerated for two months
will be difficult, she believed that the Lord would get them through it.
“Last time it was hard, and we know it will be hard again — being a single
mom with six kids,” she stated. “[But], no matter what happens, and no
matter what comes, we have to stand for His word.”
Salman had reported to jail on June 17th, but was released three hours later
as computers at the facility were not recognizing the code that he had
purportedly violated. On June 28th, City Judge Sally Gaines rescheduled
Salman’s sentence for June 9th, vowing that the technicality would be
corrected by that date.
“Mayor Stanton, please free my dad Michael Salman. I do not want to lose my
dad,” wrote the couple’s 11-year-old daughter Rachel to Phoenix Mayor
Greg Stanton on Saturday. “Mayor, if you would have been there when he left
[last time], you would have cried too. We were all so torn by what they did
to him. I am so scared and to not be able to see my dad for 2 months will
be very hard on me and my family. My other 5 sisters were very torn too,
even the baby was crying. My mom was the most torn of all.”
As previously reported, Salman has been incarcerated for holding private
worship gatherings on his property without conforming to commercial code,
although he asserts that the meetings he hosts each Sunday are not open to
the public. He says that only his family and friends meet in a building
behind the residence, which is located on an acre and a half of land, with
an additional 3.2 acres behind it.
The couple uploaded a video over the weekend outlining the matter in great
detail and giving viewers a tour of their property. A neighbor, who is an
atheist, also created a video to show that the residence is not problematic
to the community.
The Salman’s had originally held the gatherings in their living room, but
officials continued to press them that if they were going to host meetings
in their home, they would have to convert their house into a church.
Correspondence from the city outlined, “…Bible studies are not allowed to
be conducted in your residence. The simple and direct answer [as to why] is
that the Bible study use requires a change of occupancy.”
In 2009, the couple built a 2,000 square foot game room behind the house,
which was permitted by authorities, and was apparently permissible for
gatherings as long as it was used for private recreation. Later, the Salman
’s moved their personal worship meetings to the building and used it for
religious purposes. Once neighbors notified officials that they suspected
the family was hosting worship each Sunday in the building, they were raided
by police.
In 2010, the city officially pressed criminal charges against Salman, which
he has been fighting for two years. They stated that the preacher must
facilitate handicapped parking at his home, as well as handicapped bathrooms
, although none of his family and friends are handicapped.
The regulations are a result of the city’s adoption of standards imposed by
the International Code Council. The organization was founded in 1994 by
Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc. (BOCA) of
Country Club Hills, Illinois, International Conference of Building Officials
(ICBO) of Whittier, California and Southern Building Code Congress
International, Inc. (SBCCI) of Birmingham, Alabama. Since its inception, the
International Code Council has been urging cities across America to adopt
and enforce its unified codes, many of which are now doing so. Failure to
comply can result in criminal penalties for citizens.
Salman has been filing appeals ever since he has been accused of violating
these codes, but he states that all legal efforts have been ignored by the
courts. An emergency injunction had been filed with District Court Judge
James Tielborg, but he has yet to issue a ruling. He had dismissed a legal
challenge filed previously by the Salman’s as well. Tielborg has been
serving as a federal judge since 2000 after being nominated to the bench by
then President Bill Clinton.
The Salman’s explained that if Tielborg denies to issue the injunction and
release the pastor from jail, the next step is to file an appeal with the
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, along with a habeus corpus.
“If enough people don’t stand up now, it’s going to be so big and so out
of control that no one is going to be able to stop it,” Suzanne Salman
stated.
“If I go to jail, I’m ready to preach the Gospel there,” Michael Salman
stated to Christian News Network late yesterday.
“I know that God will use him,” Suzanne added. “People will come to
Christ in jail.”
Salman has also been fined $12,180, and is facing 3 years probation, which
prosecutors are seeking to convert to a 2 1/2-year jail sentence. | d******r
发帖数: 5008 | 3 神呢? 这黑老大也太无能了，自己的马仔
都罩不住。
【在 l*****a 的大作中提到】
: 美国凤凰城牧师因组织家庭聚会， 被控违反城管规定，被判入狱60 天并处罚金$12,
: 000
: 详情见：
: http://christiannews.net/2012/07/09/phoenix-pastor-sentenced-fo
: The preacher in Phoenix, Arizona that was sentenced to 60-days incarceration
: for holding worship meetings on his private property is now in jail.
: “I have spent time with my family this morning praying, crying and saying
: our goodbye. My heart is broken, but glory to God,” Michael Salman, father
: of six, wrote on his Facebook page this morning. “Our God wil take care of
: us and my family. Please pray for us! Until God opens the prison’s door, I
| l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 4 这么一看耶和华在中国就更无能了
【在 d******r 的大作中提到】
: 神呢? 这黑老大也太无能了，自己的马仔
: 都罩不住。
| g****m
发帖数: 996 | 5 他们在自己家门口竖起了十字架和石碑，
很明显是public use，抓他们罚款一点也不冤
【在 l*****a 的大作中提到】
: 这么一看耶和华在中国就更无能了
| g****m
发帖数: 996 | 6
【在 g****m 的大作中提到】
: 他们在自己家门口竖起了十字架和石碑，
: 很明显是public use，抓他们罚款一点也不冤
| E*****m
发帖数: 25615 | | g****m
发帖数: 996 | 8 天那，这个人以前是gang member， 两次入狱,
07年时，他报告要在后院建一个game room,并拿到permit
"[a]ny other occupancy or use (business, commercial, assembly, church, etc.)
is expressly prohibited."
他一周聚会两次，每次近80人，还收十一税。明显是在撒谎，判得太轻了。
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2012/07/michael_sa
【在 g****m 的大作中提到】
| g****m
发帖数: 996 | 9 一点都不严
By January 2010, the city found the church responsible for the 96 code
violations, and in August 2010, he was found guilty of 67 misdemeanors -- to
add to his rap sheet, next to his 1993 conviction for a drive-by shooting,
and another time he was booked into jail for impersonating a police officer.
【在 E*****m 的大作中提到】
: 沒看影片， 這個執行得太嚴了吧？
| l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 10 明显的撒谎啊，一次一次忽略city的警告, 这个人可能是有反社会倾向
.)
【在 g****m 的大作中提到】
: 天那，这个人以前是gang member， 两次入狱,
: 07年时，他报告要在后院建一个game room,并拿到permit
: "[a]ny other occupancy or use (business, commercial, assembly, church, etc.)
: is expressly prohibited."
: 他一周聚会两次，每次近80人，还收十一税。明显是在撒谎，判得太轻了。
: http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2012/07/michael_sa
| | | g****m
发帖数: 996 | | d******r
发帖数: 5008 | 12 "十一税"说明了一切.
.)
【在 g****m 的大作中提到】
: 天那，这个人以前是gang member， 两次入狱,
: 07年时，他报告要在后院建一个game room,并拿到permit
: "[a]ny other occupancy or use (business, commercial, assembly, church, etc.)
: is expressly prohibited."
: 他一周聚会两次，每次近80人，还收十一税。明显是在撒谎，判得太轻了。
: http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2012/07/michael_sa
| E*****m
发帖数: 25615 | 13 這就是迫害基督教， 拿別人都要遵守的法規來故意為難基督徒，根本沒道理！ | g****m
发帖数: 996 | 14 美国人真好骗
【在 d******r 的大作中提到】
: "十一税"说明了一切.
:
: .)
| l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 15 是容易迷信的人真好骗
【在 g****m 的大作中提到】
: 美国人真好骗
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