Sea Voyage of 110 Year Old Schooner 'Kathleen & May'
The 110 year old Schooner 'Kathleen & May' based in Devon, England, crewed by volunteers, sails from Liverpool to Gloucester via the Celtic Sea, the Bristol Channel (Sevrina sea) and the Sharpness canal.
Dr Wafa Sultan was born in Syria to a Muslim family, studied Medicine and Psychiatry and is well-versed in Islam. As a result of her studies and her personal experiences she left Islam and became an outspoken critic of Islam; its irrationality, cruelty and violation of human and women's rights.
A 71 year old Christian pastor was arrested by police in London and spent a night in Jail after a member of the public reported him for the “homophobic” comment of saying that marriage was between a man and a woman.
The incident occurred outside Uxbridge Station in west London. A video clip shows the elderly pastor being confronted by police and forcefully handcuffed before being led away.
“I wasn’t making any homophobic comments, I was just defining marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman. I was only saying what the Bible says – I wasn’t wanting to hurt anyone or cause offence,” said John Sherwood, who has been a pastor for 35 years.
“I was doing what my job description says, which is to preach the gospel in open air as well as in a church building,” he added.
Sherwood was arrested under the Public Order Act, for using “abusive or insulting words” that cause “harm” to another person after a member of the public flagged down officers snitched on him. Although the pastor was released without charge after spending a night in jail he is still under investigation by the Crown Prosecution Service and could be charged at a later date.
“When the police approached me, I explained that I was exercising my religious liberty and my conscience,” he added. “I was forcibly pulled down from the steps and suffered some injury to my wrist and to my elbow. I do believe I was treated shamefully. It should never have happened.”
The UK is notorious for hate crime laws where authorities will investigate supposed “hate incidents” if the “victim” merely perceives themselves to have been victimized.
Earlier this year, Summit News highlighted how officers in Merseyside took part in an electronic ad campaign outside a supermarket which claimed “being offensive is an offence.”
In 2019, UK police investigated the potential “hate crime” of a transgender woman being turned down for a porn role because she still has a penis.
A video published by the UK government Home Office last year also suggested that insulting someone’s appearance now constitutes a “hate crime,” despite this not being the law.
PS Waverley (built Glasgow 1946) is the last seagoing paddle ship still afloat. Every year it sails excursions at various locations around the British coast.
For further information: www//pswaverley.org.uk