this just in from the Assosciated Press:
“LINCOLN, Neb. - The defendant in a state senator’s lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and threatening to cause more still. He can be sued in Douglas County, the legislator claims, because He’s everywhere.
State Sen. Ernie Chambers sued God last week. Angered by another lawsuit he considers frivolous, Chambers says he’s trying to make the point that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody.
Chambers says in his lawsuit that God has made terrorist threats against the senator and his constituents, inspired fear and caused “widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth’s inhabitants.”
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The Omaha senator, who skips morning prayers during the legislative session and often criticizes Christians, also says God has caused “fearsome floods … horrendous hurricanes, terrifying tornadoes.”
He’s seeking a permanent injunction against the Almighty.
Suit in protest
Chambers said the lawsuit was triggered by a federal suit filed against a judge who recently barred words such as “rape” and “victim” from a sexual assault trial.
The accuser in the criminal case, Tory Bowen, sued Lancaster District Judge Jeffre Cheuvront, claiming that he violated her free speech rights.
Chambers said Bowen’s lawsuit is inappropriate because the Nebraska Supreme Court has already considered the case and federal courts follow the decisions of state supreme courts on state matters.
“This lawsuit having been filed and being of such questionable merit creates a circumstance where my lawsuit is appropriately filed,” Chambers said. “People might call it frivolous but if they read it they’ll see there are very serious issues I have raised.”
U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf, in an order last week, expressed doubts about whether Bowen’s lawsuit “has any legal basis whatsoever” and said sanctions may be imposed against Bowen and her attorneys if they fail to show cause for the lawsuit.
The Associated Press usually does not identify accusers in sex-assault cases, but Bowen has allowed her name to be used publicly because of the issue over the judge’s language restrictions.
Cheuvront declared a mistrial in the sexual assault trial in July, saying pretrial publicity made it impossible to gather enough impartial jurors.”
gathered from msnbc
Is it just me or does this particular Senator look strikingly similar to Morgan Freeman who stepped in for and played the part of God in the movie Bruce Almighty. Coincidence?
Blogger Note: Obviously, there is and will be a lot of controversy surrounding this particular lawsuit. Religious, political, anti-religious, anti-political, law, etc. Can a man take God to court? Should he be wasting the courts and his own time? What’s the point? What should the religious right do in response? What do readers take away from this?
My thinking is that if he is sincere with the desire to tighten up our law system and put a stop to frivilous law suits, then by all means. This is a great case in point of how screwy our system of law really is, the same system that allows a judge to sue his dry cleaners for $67 million over a lost pair of pants (the pants were later found but the judge was insistent upon demanding redemption, turning down a $12,000 settlement and extending the case until it was finally thrown out. Stupid judge.)
and at the very least, enjoy some free learning and fun at the museum.
