Artur Pawlowski calls out Alberta premier as fellow pastor sits in jail for protesting drag queen event
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Danielle Smith has yet to speak out after Christian pastor Derek Reimer was arrested and put in jail last week.
(LifeSiteNews) – Christian pastor Artur Pawlowski blasted Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for what he said was her silence regarding the arrest and jailing of Christian pastor Derek Reimer, who is in prison for protesting at a children’s drag queen story time at a public library a week ago.
“Where is Premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith? Will she stand for rights or not? Will Danielle Smith condemn this arrest for not,” Pawlowski said last Friday while speaking in support of Reimer of Mission7 street ministry.
“Is the UCP (United Conservative Party) and NDP united in this attack against Christianity in our province? Is there any politician that will defend our Charter of Rights and Freedoms?”
Pawlowski, who like Reimer has been involved for years in street ministry feeding the homeless, asked if there were “two sets of laws” in Alberta, “one for the perverted, and another for the Christians.”
He also called out Calgary’s left-leaning Mayor Jyoti Gondek and asked if Smith would “condemn the actions of this little minion, the little tyrant Gondek, or not.”
“Is she for the rule of law, or tyranny suits her just fine?” Pawlowski said.
Reimer will remain in jail until at least March 14. He is facing a slew of charges, including multiple hate speech-specific bylaw fines.
He was arrested last Thursday afternoon by members of the Calgary Police Service (CPS) after being warned the previous day that there were two warrants out for him because he protested at a children’s drag queen story time at a public library on February 25.
In June 2022, the Calgary City Council, under Gondek, amended the city’s bylaws to “specifically prohibit insulting or demeaning behaviour, including unwanted sexual advances, or harassing anyone on the basis of age, race, sexual orientation, disability, gender, gender identity or gender expression, among others.”
Gondek had vowed to use the city’s street harassment bylaw to go after drag queen story time protesters about a month ago after some events were postponed due to protests.
She said anyone protesting at those events could face fine of $500 to combat “hate and fearmongering.”