{"id":6882,"date":"2010-05-08T18:01:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T22:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=6882"},"modified":"2010-05-08T18:01:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T22:01:55","slug":"thinking-about-johnny-micah-robertson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/08\/thinking-about-johnny-micah-robertson\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking about Johnny & Micah Robertson…"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, Micah Robertson (son of Johnny Robertson) was convicted of trespassing<\/del> on the property of Westover Baptist Church. After spending four hours covering the situation, I still have no idea what to think about it. <\/p>\n

Editor’s Note<\/strong>: Micah Robertson was not convicted of trespassing. The judge took the case under advisement for 12 months.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Chatham man issued fine, ordered to stay away from church for year<\/a><\/p>\n

So, Micah Robertson lost. Or did he? After the trial, Johnny Robertson pursued the pastors of the church out of the court and they refused to stop and answer his questions. After listening to over two hours of calls from our viewers, there seems to be no middle ground. The callers that were supportive of Johnny Robertson and his methods wouldn’t budge when asked questions. The callers who were against Johnny Robertson stated their opinions then when asked questions to clarify their positions.. well, some of them got quite belligerent. This pattern seems to continue in the R&B’s comment section on the linked article. <\/p>\n

If you’re looking for answers here, you’re in the wrong place. Because I can objectively see both sides of the arguments at times, I’ve came to the conclusion that I just don’t know what to think about this topic. The only thing that I do know is that this trespassing charge was a horrible idea, because all it does is throw gasoline on top of an already burning fire. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Friday, Micah Robertson (son of Johnny Robertson) was convicted of trespassing on the property of Westover Baptist Church. After spending four hours covering the situation, I still have no idea what to think about it. <\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: Micah Robertson was not convicted of trespassing. 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