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{{Display censorship incident
|ongoing=yes
|year=2022
|region=North America
|artist=Andrew Bushard
|subject=Explicit Sexuality
|confronting_bodies=Mike Demchsak, Austin Ridge Church
|medium=Literature
|date_of_action=August 2022
|location=Austin, TX
|description_of_content=Third Party Babe Rules
|description_of_incident=Andrew Bushard had been participating in a North Austin prayer group with fundamentalist Mike Demschak and others.  Demschak requested that Andrew Bushard meet with him.

During the meeting, Mike Demschak informed Andrew Bushard he discovered Andrew Bushard's novella [http://www.freepressmedia.org/ThirdPartyBabeRules.html Third Party Babe Rules]. Demschak opined that this novella offended him.  Demschak argued Andrew Bushard's publishing of this work and his [https://www.freepressmedia.org Free Press Media] website maligned Christianity.  

Andrew Bushard responded that God give him a mission to advance the First Amendment.

Demschak uttered, "You'll have to advance the First Amendment in another way" and "You don't know what freedom is" among other anti-First Amendment comments.  

Demschak informed Andrew Bushard that because of this, the prayer group had excommunicated him.

Andrew Bushard visited his [https://www.austinridge.org Austin Ridge Church] prayer group on August 24, 2022.  Before the prayer started, two of the pastors (both named Don), pulled Andrew Bushard aside and informed him Mike alerted them to the presence of his publications, and they demanded that Andrew Bushard remove the material and repent.

Andrew Bushard and the two Pastor Dons debated issues relating to this matter.  The Two Pastor Dons argued publishing this material did not help Christianity.  Andrew Bushard declared that God ordained the First Amendment and the Constitution.  Andrew Bushard also declared that God gave him the mission to advance the First Amendment.  One of the Pastor Dons argued that "The First Amendment is not divinely inspired" and "The Constitution is not divinely inspired."  The Pastor Dons argued that the Bible trumped the First Amendment and the Constitution, whereas Andrew Bushard defended the First Amendment, the Constitution, and their divine inspiration.  One of the Pastor Dons accused Andrew Bushard of "being controlled by demonic forces".

The Pastor Dons demanded that Andrew Bushard repent and remove.  Andrew Bushard demonstrated faithfulness by continuing to stand for the First Amendment.  The Pastor Dons excommunicated Andrew Bushard for their Austin Ridge Church prayer meeting.
|description_of_result=Excommunication from North Austin prayer meeting
Excommunication from Austin Ridge Church prayer meeting
|image=Third Party Babe Rules Cover 3.jpg
|source=https://www.austinridge.org, http://www.freepressmedia.org/ThirdPartyBabeRules.html, https://www.freepressmedia.org
}}
Andrew Bushard had been participating in a North Austin prayer group with fundamentalist Mike Demschak and others.  Demschak requested that Andrew Bushard meet with him.

During the meeting, Mike Demschak informed Andrew Bushard he discovered Andrew Bushard's novella [http://www.freepressmedia.org/ThirdPartyBabeRules.html Third Party Babe Rules]. Demschak opined that this novella offended him.  Demschak argued Andrew Bushard's publishing of this work and his [https://www.freepressmedia.org Free Press Media] website maligned Christianity.  

Andrew Bushard responded that God give him a mission to advance the First Amendment.

Demschak uttered, "You'll have to advance the First Amendment in another way" and "You don't know what freedom is" among other anti-First Amendment comments.  

Demschak informed Andrew Bushard that because of this, the prayer group had excommunicated him.

Andrew Bushard visited his [https://www.austinridge.org Austin Ridge Church] prayer group on August 24, 2022.  Before the prayer started, two of the pastors (both named Don), pulled Andrew Bushard aside and informed him Mike alerted them to the presence of his publications, and they demanded that Andrew Bushard remove the material and repent.

Andrew Bushard and the two Pastor Dons debated issues relating to this matter.  The Two Pastor Dons argued publishing this material did not help Christianity.  Andrew Bushard declared that God ordained the First Amendment and the Constitution.  Andrew Bushard also declared that God gave him the mission to advance the First Amendment.  One of the Pastor Dons argued that "The First Amendment is not divinely inspired" and "The Constitution is not divinely inspired."  The Pastor Dons argued that the Bible trumped the First Amendment and the Constitution, whereas Andrew Bushard defended the First Amendment, the Constitution, and their divine inspiration.  One of the Pastor Dons accused Andrew Bushard of "being controlled by demonic forces".

The Pastor Dons demanded that Andrew Bushard repent and remove.  Andrew Bushard demonstrated faithfulness by continuing to stand for the First Amendment.  The Pastor Dons excommunicated Andrew Bushard for their Austin Ridge Church prayer meeting.