A Jehovah’s Witness representative clarified this week his group isn’t pushing literature or religious discussion on people passing by a sign-and-cart set up weekly on the Haines waterfront.

Sebabi Leballo said it’s the official policy for Jehovah’s Witnesses around the world not to take the initiative to approach people while set up in public. “They have to come up to us, then we speak to them,” he said.

The group recently acquired a sign permit…