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Gothmog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 05:29 PM
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Exorcism protected by 1st Amendment, Texas high court rules
This is so silly that I am sad to be a Texan and a member of the Texas bar http://www.star-telegram.com/state_news/story/728135.html
The Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colleyville church Friday saying that church members involved in a traumatic exorcism that ultimately injured a young woman is protected by the First Amendment.

In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God’s efforts to cast out demons from the Laura Schubert presents an ecclesiastical dispute over religious conduct that would unconstitutionally entangle the court in church doctrine.

In a 1996 lawsuit against the church, Schubert described a wild night involving the casting out of demons from the church and two separate attempts to exorcise demons from her.

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cosmik debris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 06:50 PM
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1. Thanks, I x-posted in the religion forum n/t
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Lithos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 09:46 PM
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2. How stupid
What about the woman's rights?

This piece sums up my views quite well:

"This sweeping immunity is inconsistent with United States Supreme Court precedent and extends far beyond the protections our Constitution affords religious conduct," Jefferson wrote. "The First Amendment guards religious liberty; it does not sanction intentional abuse in religion’s name."





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