Rev. Phillip “Flip” Benham, a preacher convicted earlier this year of stalking a doctor who performs abortions, was charged with violating Charlotte’s noise ordinance Saturday outside of the gay pride festival. Benham said he turned down his speaker after officers warned him he was preaching too loudly outside the boundaries of the Pride Charlotte Festival. But later, Benham said, as he read from the first chapter of Romans, which talks about God’s wrath against sinful humanity, he got passionate. His voice, he admitted, began to rise as he spoke into the microphone.

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