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Saturday, June 28, 2008


The Power of Christ Compels You! To not sue if your church gets into some wacky shit.
A North Texas Pentecostal church should not be held liable for emotional trauma a former parishioner suffered as a youth when church members physically restrained and touched her during two exorcism attempts in 1996, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday.

The high court's decision reverses a $300,000 judgment a jury ordered paid to Laura Schubert in 2002. Schubert was 17 at the time when fellow parishioners at the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God Church in Colleyville, in an attempt to rid her of evil spirits, held her down and "laid hands" on her body as she struggled to break free.

"The key point of this ruling is that we don't have a right to have our standards of reasonableness foisted upon some other religion," Dallas attorney David Pruessner said.
Reasonableness? Time for me to start my own religion, protected by the First Amendment. Sacred beliefs of my church: It's a sin to pay taxes or entry fees to Zoos or Tractor pull competitions.



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