{"id":213389,"date":"2020-09-11T08:14:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T08:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=213389"},"modified":"2020-09-13T08:01:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T08:01:08","slug":"seattle-closing-park-to-christian-rally-amid-antifa-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=213389","title":{"rendered":"Seattle closing park to Christian rally amid Antifa riots"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>It\u2019s the &#8216;height of hypocrisy\u2019 says Let Us Worship organizer<\/em><\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Caleb Park \u2013 Fox News Sept<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_136249\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/black-lives-matter-seattle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136249\" class=\"wp-image-136249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/black-lives-matter-seattle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-136249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Black Lives Matter protest in Seattle in July. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A planned <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/religion\/christianity\">Christian<\/a><\/strong><\/span> prayer rally in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/seattle\">Seattle<\/a><\/strong><\/span> was closed by &#8220;godless politicians&#8221; while Antifa was rioting in the city, &#8220;Let Us Worship&#8221; rally organizer <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/sean-feucht\">Sean Feucht<\/a><\/strong><\/span> told &#8220;<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/shows\/fox-and-friends\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Fox &amp; Friends<\/strong><\/span><\/a>&#8221; Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">But that didn&#8217;t stop the Christian group\u00a0from holding the worship rally on Labor Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;Last night it was pretty easy, we just pivoted and called it a worship protest, so now technically it&#8217;s legal and we went to the streets,&#8221; Feucht, Hold The Line founder, said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Seattle Parks and Recreation said the park was closed beginning Sunday night &#8220;due\u00a0to anticipated crowding that could impact the public health of residents.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;It\u2019s so wild,\u00a0because yesterday, they had on\u00a04th Avenue in Seattle, they had\u00a0Antifa rioters throwing Molotov\u00a0cocktails at policemen, and yet\u00a0the city focused their energy on\u00a0our peaceful worship and prayer\u00a0rally in Gas Works Park,&#8221; the California-based pastor\u00a0explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The park was barricaded with fences put up around it, which Feucht said was to block them from gathering to worship and noting that tax dollars were &#8220;wasted&#8221; by city officials amid the left-wing demonstrations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;It was\u00a0obviously a targeting and discrimination towards\u00a0believers\u00a0in the city,&#8221; Feucht told co-host Ainsley Earhardt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;There\u2019s\u00a0just a bias,&#8221; he added. &#8220;You know, it\u2019s the height of\u00a0hypocrisy right now that they\u2019re\u00a0letting these cities, you know,\u00a0succumb to rioting and burning\u00a0and pillaging and yet they\u2019re targeting\u00a0Christians.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t6Xf7grRu7M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Seattle police made 22 arrests Monday after several demonstrators threw rocks, bottles\u00a0and explosives at officers, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/news\/local\/police-22-arrests-in-labor-day-clash-outside-seattle-police-officers-guild\">KOMO News<\/a><\/strong><\/span> reports. At least one officer was assaulted while making an arrest,\u00a0Dan Springer, Seattle-based FNC correspondent, told \u201cAmerica\u2019s Newsroom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">This was Feucht&#8217;s 21st city amid his &#8220;Let Us Worship&#8221; rallies from New York City to Los Angeles, and the last time he was in Seattle, on Aug. 9 at Cal Anderson Park, hundreds gathered in a similar event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;What we\u2019re experiencing\u00a0across America is especially\u00a0with the churches being closed\u00a0and, you know, these godless\u00a0politicians that are\u00a0taking aim at the church, you\u00a0know, people are rising up.\u00a0There\u2019s a backlash that\u2019s\u00a0growing,&#8221; Feucht said. &#8220;We had 12,000 people that gathered\u00a0with us at the capitol\u00a0in Sacramento two nights ago and\u00a0it\u2019s just continuing to build\u00a0momentum.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Christian leader said he was largely focused on missions abroad until the pandemic hit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;I\u00a0felt\u00a0like the Lord said, &#8216;Focus\u00a0on your nation for the sake of\u00a0your children,&#8217; you know, fight\u00a0for America and so that\u2019s what\u00a0we\u2019ve been doing,&#8221; he said.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Feucht plans to hold a &#8220;Let Us Worship&#8221; rally in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/faith-values\/seattle-prayer-rally-park-closed-antifa-riot-sean-feucht-christian-worship\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle closes parks to prayer gathering but allows BLM and antifa to run riot. 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