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[–] 103 points 1 day ago* (4 children)

The whole 2015 article:

Sylvia Driskell, a 66-year-old woman from Auburn, Nebraska, filed a federal lawsuit last week titled Driskell v. Homosexuals. Driskell, acting as her own lawyer and the ambassador of “God, And His, Son Jesus Christ,” would like the District Court in Omaha to determine whether being gay is a sin. She did not cite any previous court cases in her petition, which is seven pages long and written in cursive, instead relying on the consul of Merriam-Webster and the Bible. Driskell asks, “Why are judges passing laws, so sinners can break religious, and moral laws. Will all the judges of this Nation, judge God to be a lier [sic].”

The civil-rights case has been assigned to Judge John M. Gerrard, and no summons have been issued. Many people around the country have been surprised to learn that they were being sued by some person they had never met in Nebraska.

Man, I hope I get deposed
— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) May 5, 2015

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/05/66-year-old-nebraska-woman-sues-all-gay-people.html

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    my favorite part is where they explain that for her to claim that this is under the jurisdiction of a federal court, she would have to prove that there are no gay people who are citizens of the state of Nebraska

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  • [–] 11 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Possibly true. If neither she nor the judge are.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    if I understand correctly, it's actually because she is. it explains that in order for a civil case to be under the jurisdiction of a federal court (and a civil case must be what she's attempting, since she doesn't cite any federal law to allege that the defendants have broken it), none of the plaintiffs can be citizens of the same state as any of the defendants. otherwise, presumably, it would fall under the jurisdiction of whichever state both parties are citizens of. so because both she and some gay people are Nebraskans, the case would have to be handled by a Nebraska state court, not a federal court

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    Why not? Let people do what they want. Catholicism has its issues but it's nowhere close to whatever the fuck american protestants or the other three billion denominations they came up with are doing.

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  • [–] 8 points 22 hours ago (1 child)

    I'm not forbidding anything. Just curious. People often ask me why I'm an atheist, but most find it really odd or get defensive when I ask them back. I don't know why. It's easier to not believe. All the few answers I've got for faith have been wildly different.

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  • [–] -3 points 15 hours ago (1 child)

    Jesus Christ appointed Peter as the rock of his church (literally Cephas, meaning rock) and he told him to "feed my sheep". And he gave him the keys to heaven. (Why I chose Catholicism)

    We have a lot of historical and philosophical proof for the existence of Jesus Christ and his divinity, and a lot of proven miracles as well. (Why I have faith in Christ)

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  • [–] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

    So you chose it? I think you're the first Catholic convert I've met. And it was hearing / reading the recruitment of Peter that was the turning point? Was it something that resonated with you or was it something else?

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