MetaFilter posts tagged with Lawsuit and religion

No critical thought allowed!

cgomez — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:17:16 -0800

James Corbett, a California high-school educator of twenty years, has been found guilty of violating the establishment clause of the first amendment. The lawsuit (PDF) was brought to a U.S. District Court on December 12th, 2007 by student Chad Farnan and his parents with the aid of the legal group 'Advocates for Faith and Freedom' against Corbett and the Capistrano Unified School District as a result of comments made which were critical of Christianity. During the sixteen month legal battle, hundreds of students in support of the teacher demonstrated outside the school while the Farnan family appealed to opinion outlets like 'The O'Reilly Factor'. Two key quotes cited as evidence in the case:

"How do you get the peasants to oppose something that is in their best interest? Religion. You have to have something that is irrational to counter that rational approach." "Conservatives don't want women to avoid pregnancies. That's interfering with God's work. You've got to stay pregnant, barefoot, and in the kitchen and have babies until your body collapses. All over the world, doesn't matter where you go, the conservatives want control over women's reproductive capacity. Everywhere in the world. From conservative Christians in this country to Muslim fundamentalists in Afghanistan. It's the same. It's stunning how vitally interested they are in controlling women."

Judgement Day

jeffburdges — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:27:31 -0800

Earth's Greatest Lawsuit (via)

Man Giveth, the Church Taketh, Whateth Be the Problem?

fenriq — Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:59:18 -0800

Man Wants Church Donation Back
A man, in the midst of a serious bout of depression, gives away almost his entire life savings, $126,000, to a local church. He later realizes that this was not the smartest thing to do. He asks the church for the money back. The church, not surprisingly, says they've already spent it and so he can't have it back.
What's next?
Bust out the lawyers!

darren — Mon, 05 Mar 2001 14:06:30 -0800

Christian Coalition sued for racial bias. Amen.

Skylark — Sat, 19 Aug 2000 22:06:52 -0800

Just what the church needs... More excellent publicity. Two churches using the quarters that Catholic schoolchildren put in the collection plate to have a legal pissing contest over who has the right to use the name of a woman who spent her entire life trying to feed poor people one cup of rice at a time. I wonder how much rice each of those quarters would buy?