Judge Scolds Pastor Over Anti-Gay Lawsuit

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/01/011106gaySuit.htm

Wisconsin's largest gay rights group was awarded $87,000 in attorneys' fees by a judge who scolded a Louisiana pastor and his lawyer for bringing a frivolous lawsuit claiming the group defamed him.

Grant Storms of the Reformer Ministries in Marrero, La., claimed in the lawsuit that Action Wisconsin defamed him by saying remarks he made at a 2003 anti-gay conference in Milwaukee advocated the murder of gays.

But in a ruling last week, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Patricia McMahon said the group's interpretation of the remarks was reasonable and the lawsuit lacked merit from the day it was filed in February 2004.

The judge also blasted Storms' lawyer, James Donohoo of Milwaukee, saying he should have known the complaint was a waste of time.

[GodlessBiker]

1. He mimicked gun fire: "Boom, boom, boom, boom. There's twenty! Ca-ching."

He was clearly saying that gay people should be shot.

[Maat]

2. Yeah, I think that (a) this minister deliberately injected himself into

the public arena by doing something like that .. making a defamation case almost impossible to pursue.

That remark and gesture was appalling.

[Maat]

3. Oh, no! This is off-topic!

But my DU buddy, Dwickham, is a moderator! I just noticed. Will he go power-mad after this authority has been bestowed upon him?

:-)