Ed Thomas

A Gideon member who was threatened with arrest while handing out Bibles near a Florida public school has been granted a preliminary injunction by a judge in a federal civil lawsuit. The motion will allow Thomas Gray to freely witness and hand out literature in a disputed 500-foot zone around the school.
Gray was handing out Bibles on a public walkway inside the alleged zone outside of Key Largo school in January, along with Gideons International team members Anthony Mirto and Ernest Simpson when confronted by authorities. Mike Johnson of legal counsel Alliance Defense Fund says Mirto and Simpson were then arrested for trespassing. Gray was also threatened with arrest by an officer and was told none of the group could be “within 500 feet of the school’s property…”

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