Thanks to Glenn Beck this even drew a big crowd!
The Blaze reports since TheBlaze reported Pastor Robert Dekker’s planned “Line in the Sand” July 4 service on Rehoboth Beach, Del., the story has gained national attention.
Glenn Beck, in fact, interviewed Dekker on his Monday radio program, during which Dekker further explained his goals after the town denied his permit request to hold a series of eight church services on the beach this summer.
Well, the service happened this morning as planned, with around 1,500 people showing up for what Dekker called a Freedom Rally, which included music, speeches and prayer. The Cape Gazette reported that Rehoboth Beach sanctioned the rally.
t even drew two residents of Joplin, Mo., the town hit by a devastating tornado in 2011, noted the Gazette.
“We love freedom,” John Putnam told the Gazette. “My great uncle was the battle commander at Bunker Hill. I have a long heritage. We both have a connection with Pastor Dekker from the standpoint of America’s freedom and freedom in Jesus Christ.”
John Greenlaw, a Vietnam veteran who flew in with Putnam for the rally, lost his home in the tornado.
A portion of the beach was sectioned off, but the crowd reportedly became too large, and participants and onlookers lined the dune-crossing and the boardwalk in front of a small stage, the Gazette noted, adding that the Rehoboth police dispatch center received no complaints.
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