by Beep,Beep 94 Replies latest watchtower scandals
BTTT, UPDATE: According to the this document on the TN courts site, the Andersons appealed to the Tennessee Supreme Court, but that appeal was denied on May 14, 2007. Barring an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, that will do it.
http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/OPINIONS/TSC/certiorari/2007/Certlist051407.pdf
So....the justices of the state's highest court couldn't be convinced, either. What do you think?
I don't think anyone, religious leader or not, should be allowed to commit defamation of character by publicly calling someone a "murderer, thief, adulterer, and people like those" (or whatever they say) when they know it's not true. It should be against the law.
Shunning for actually breaking a religious rule is a different matter.
This upsets me but I am not surprised, they still have a shot, I hope this goes all the way to the Supreme court.
UPDATE: Final appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court -- DENIED, on October 1, 2007.
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/orders/courtorders/100107pzor.pdf
(Scroll down to case number 07-188, under the long list of denials.)
So, stick a fork in this one, it's done. Any "post-mortem" observations? What would it take to succeed?
bttt
