1st Amendment Rights

On this page, you will find resources to help you understand your Constitutional Rights as an open air preacher as well as help you stand up for your rights. Too many times today, open air preachers have encounters with unlawful cops. We need to stand up for our rights while we still have them!

Articles

Open Air Preaching Rights from the Alliance Defense Fund - Some basic rights that you have as an open air preacher.

Should I Get Arrested? from the Alliance Defense Fund - What does a 1st Amendment Lawyer think about open air preachers getting arrested?

Dealing With Police - some good, practical tips when it comes to dealing with the police. This is inevitable with the open air preacher, so it is a MUST READ.

Supreme Court Rulings- A list of rulings from the Supreme Court of the U.S. on street preaching and public speech in general.

Audios

In the audio files below, Kerrigan is speaking to a group of Evangelists about their First Amendment Rights before they hit the streets. The city they are about to go evangelize in has had lots of problems concerning First Amendment Rights lately.

Part 1 Part 2

Videos

Below, you can watch some videos of Kerrigan and other evangelists in some of their encounters with the police and other authorities.

Artsplosure- Festival organizers and police try to unlawfully kick Kerrigan and Jesse off of public property. They weren't even preaching. The organizers were even willing to be unlawful just to make them go away.

Taste of Charlotte- Kerrigan and friends get kicked out of a public event that was held on public property because the organizers didn't like them or their message.

Fayetteville After Five- During the Summer, Fayetteville, NC has a free concert on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Watch as Kerrigan, Jesse and John deal with a security guard, a concert organizer and two police. They were unlawfully kicked off and threatened with trespass on PUBLIC PROPERTY!

Wake Technical Community College- Kerrigan, John and Jesse did all that was asked of them and required of them by the college. In the end, they were kicked off of the campus for an unlawful reason. Watch the whole situation from beginning to end as they deal with violent students, irrational and emotional admin and security and ignorant cops.

Preachers Unlawfully Kicked Off College Campus from PinPoint Evangelism on Vimeo.