LOST LIBERTIES: Paying the Price for Free Speech

(The man involved in this case, Darrell Rundus, is loosely affiliated with Living Waters Ministries, and is the guy who got his Million-dollar bill Gospel tracts seized last June by the Treasury Dept.)

A federal court in Texas has ruled that Christians are allowed to share their faith on the grounds of the Texas State Fair, but if they want to hand out tracts, they’ll have to buy that right.

U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle Wednesday signed the ruling that confirms Darrell Rundus null and his Great News Network are “free to spread the gospel and distribute religious tracts on the public sidewalks outside Fair Park. Moreover, within Fair Park he may continue to orally share his beliefs with fairgoers.”

However, the ruling also said, “Rundus may still distribute religious literature at the Fair provided that he pays the required fee and confines his activities to the allotted exhibit space.”