Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Dear God, why does the Texas Supreme Court suck so much?

Here’s a commentary written by The Editorial Board of the Austin American Statesman denouncing a Texas Supreme Court decision overturning a verdict against members of a church in Colleyville. A jury’s original decision awarded $188,000 to a young women who claimed she was held down and restrained for four hours because she was believed to be possessed by a demon. The court’s ruling was based on the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment right of freedom from religous oppression. Why does the author of the this commentary appear to make more sense than the Texas Supreme Court? That’s what I want to know. Among several good points being made, the author points to the obvious conclusion that based upon the court’s ruling, obeying the law is optional as long as one’s actions are based within the realm of religion. I agree 100% with the position this editorial takes. This is an absolutely ridiculous decision the TSC has handed down. Who knows what the real reason is behind 6 of the 9 justices voting in favor of the church. I think it is quite obvious that it is not logic. There is a funny comment to the editorial posted by the pseudonym “Not gullible” placing blame not on the church, but on the parents and praising the decision. While, yes, I believe that some of the responsibility lies in the hands of the young lady’s parents (she was 17 when the incident took place), people must be held responsible for their own actions. By attending a church, in no way are you signing off on the possibility of having an exorcism attempted on you. The members of the church are directly responsible for the events that took place, because those events were their own actions. It’s not rocket science, I promise. A few quotes from Justice David Medina, who was among the three justices who voted in favor of reason and logic were included in the article that I found to coincide with the honest resolution to this case. This decision by the Texas Supreme Court is quite interesting and leads one was ponder: “what the hell is going on up there?”.

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