Hopefully Just a Nasty Publicity Stunt

"We're basically going to defy the law, and challenge it," Cass told WND. "We're going to declare the whole counsel of God, including those parts that some may consider 'inciting a hate crime' to see if the attorney general is going to come down and arrest a group of peaceful clergy exercising their First Amendment rights." Gary Cass quoted on WorldNet Daily

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The law that Gary Cass, of the Christian Anti-Defamation League is planning to “defy” and “challenge” is the Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate-crime legislation to include attacks on homosexuals. In order to Mr. Cass or anybody else to “defy” and “challenge” this law, they will, at the least have to have deliberately incited a physical attack on a gay person.

It looks as though Mr. Cass is aware of this, because the actual website announcing the event says something rather different;

Ministers from various denominations will preach from the Bible, especially those parts that speak to the sin of homosexuality. This will serve to reassure ministers and Christians that they are free to do the same. [emphasis added]

In other words, Mr. Cass knows perfectly well that this hate-crime legislation does not criminalize anti-homosexual sermons. He knows perfectly well that neither Eric Holder nor anyone else is going to march over and arrest a preacher simply for preaching against homosexuality.

Inciting a riot, of course, is another matter entirely.