Re: Hawaii Man found innocent Thanks Jesus and gets punished

On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:48:33 -0600, richard wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:08:47 -0800 (PST), Greegor
> <Greegor47@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/07/14/thanking_jesus_in_court_lands_man_in_jail/
>>
>>Thanking Jesus in court lands man in jail
>>July 14, 2006
>>
>>HONOLULU --Junior Stowers raised his hands and exclaimed, "Thank you,
>>Jesus!" in court last month when he was acquitted by a jury of abusing
>>his son.
> 
> 
> What an asshole, the judge that is.
> First, he has the guy swear under oath with his right hand on the
> Bible.
> Then politely slams the guy into jail for practicing HIS religion in
> court.
> 
> Oh but then maybe somebody comes around and makes some remarks to the
> judge later that hey just maybe his actions were slightly illegal eh?
> Six hours later the judge releases the guy? 
> 
> I'm sorry your honor, but such exclamations are NOT in contempt of
> court. It is also slightly illegal to incarcerate anyone for what they
> have to say. Pay a fine? That might be legal.

That would be illegal also.  Our Constitution guarantees that it will NOT
interfere with religious expression and practice.  This is clearly
unconstitutional and the judge should be removed from the bench.