Some members of a Christian group in Elmira, NY are suing the city.

The group says their First Amendment rights were denied when police prohibited them from passing out Christian literature at Elmira's gay pride celebration.

“Christians shouldn't be discriminated against for expressing their beliefs,” said Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) Senior Legal Counsel Joel Oster in a prepared statement. “Police cannot threaten to arrest Christians at a city park for sharing their viewpoint at an event open to the general public. Respecting their free speech rights is not optional.”

Oster also said that police told one protester to remove a red shirt that read “liberated from sin” on the front and “by the blood of Jesus” on the back.

This is a big ironic isn't it?! Normally it is the other way around. In most cases cops won't allow gay demonstrators to hand out their material.

Maybe the cops in Elmira were just following the rules? Maybe there's more to the story!