{"id":8599,"date":"2023-03-03T21:26:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T02:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=8599"},"modified":"2023-03-03T21:26:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T02:26:16","slug":"calgary-pastor-derek-reimer-charged-for-protesting-drag-queen-story-time-at-public-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=8599","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Pastor Derek Reimer Charged for Protesting Drag Queen Story Time at Public Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Calgary Pastor Derek Reimer was charged with mischief and disturbing the peace after being physically thrown out of a drag queen story time event at a public library this past weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been cited numerous times for feeding the homeless and horrid crimes like ministering to people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mission 7 serves the homeless in Calgary&#8217;s downtown core. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reimer was the second client of The Democracy Fund&#8217;s (TDF) \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fightthefines.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fight The Fines<\/a>\u201d program after he was ticketed for illegal public gatherings during COVID when ministering to the vulnerable in the city centre.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/calgary_pastor_arrested_at_home_after_protesting_drag_queen_story_hour\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/calgary_pastor_arrested_at_home_after_protesting_drag_queen_story_hour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past two years,&nbsp;<em>amid stiff competition,<\/em>&nbsp;the province of Alberta has earned the dubious distinction of having arrested the most Christian pastors in all of Canada.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Artur Pawlowski, Pastor James Coates, and Pastor Tim Stephens have <strong>all been behind bars for refusing to bend the knee to the litany of COVID restrictions<\/strong> forcing them to close their churches when people needed them most.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Premier Jason Kenney put more pastors in jail over the past two years than Communist China. (We even put a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rebelnews.com%2Fnew_billboard_alberta_premier_jason_kenney_has_put_more_pastors_in_jail_than_china_during_the_pandemic%3Fe%3D3c449d7c6e6c9297d8717b1da3500c79%26utm_source%3Dtherebel%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Das_pastorreimer_4_4_22%26n%3D7&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7C9b6f031e0ade4ffb620008da16951c14%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637847126931332807%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=biqEYWsMMu4IOru%2BdIJCheJX%2FK1YWmNmLnpyOxVsveE%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>billboard<\/strong><\/a> up reminding Albertans of that.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s also Pastor&nbsp;Derek Reimer. A&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rebelnews.com%2Ftwo_tickets_for_calgary_pastor_feeding_the_homeless_tossed%3Fe%3D3c449d7c6e6c9297d8717b1da3500c79%26utm_source%3Dtherebel%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Das_pastorreimer_4_4_22%26n%3D8&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7C9b6f031e0ade4ffb620008da16951c14%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637847126931332807%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=RwJ%2BJDfgsy4hHTYQXoy0bpP3qMmFbMEzl5BiuylAOtk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">Fight The Fines<\/a><\/strong> alumnus who received multiple fines&nbsp;for carrying on his pastoral duties when the state considered that a &#8220;high-risk&#8221; activity. He beat those fines with the&nbsp;stellar legal help he received thanks to&nbsp;our viewers&#8217; generous donations towards his legal fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This weekend,&nbsp;Pastor Derek found himself in trouble with the law once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He allegedly violated an injunction issued to the City of Calgary, <strong>which banned honking and loudspeakers.<\/strong>&nbsp;A move clearly meant to stifle the city&#8217;s weekly freedom rallies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We covered the rally this weekend and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rebelnews.com%2Fcalgary_pastor_derek_reimer_arrested_while_preaching_on_the_street%3Fe%3D3c449d7c6e6c9297d8717b1da3500c79%26utm_source%3Dtherebel%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Das_pastorreimer_4_4_22%26n%3D9&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7C9b6f031e0ade4ffb620008da16951c14%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637847126931332807%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=tYLxx1Rolc0m0yUg7kyQDfpDl8ZxaBSvggfCgcDZe54%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>obtained footage of the arrest<\/strong><\/a> from one of Derek\u2019s congregants shortly after it happened<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pastor-derek-reimer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pastor-derek-reimer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pastor-derek-reimer.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pastor-derek-reimer-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calgary Pastor Derek Reimer was charged with mischief and disturbing the peace after being physically thrown out of a drag queen story time event at a public library this past weekend. 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