LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 18, 2007
Nebraska State Senator Sues God
Democrat Says He's Making A Point -- Seeks Permanent Injunction Against Almighty
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Nebraska State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha, a self-proclaimed agnostic who skips morning prayers during the legislative session and often criticizes Christians, said he filed the lawsuit to show that anybody can file a legal action against anybody for any reason. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha, a Democrat, filed a lawsuit against God in Douglas County District Court last week, saying that God has made terroristic 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."
He's seeking a permanent injunction against God.
Chambers, a self-proclaimed agnostic who skips morning prayers during the legislative session and often criticizes Christians, said he filed the lawsuit to show that anybody can file a legal action against anybody for any reason.
That, he said, was recently illustrated by a federal lawsuit he said triggered his lawsuit against God.
Tory Bowen, 24, sued a state judge who barred the words "rape" and "victim," among other terms, in the trial of Pamir Safi, who Bowen says sexually assaulted her. Bowen said Lancaster District Judge Jeffre Cheuvront 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 Tory Bowen, the accuser, 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 Safi's trial in July, saying pretrial publicity made it impossible to gather enough impartial jurors.
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- How can you seek an injunction against something you declare does not exist? Seems to me that you will have to prove GOD exists to take legal action against him. If you should be able to prove he exists then you have to accept his laws or get out of his universe, You know, the TEN COMMANDMENTS and all that.
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- We would like to know what part of God he''s suing. The Father, the Son or the Holy Spirit, all three...?
Actually look closely to his picture, and you''ll see he quite looks like ancient biblical personages as illustrated by daVinci, Mickelangelo and other faithful artists ;) - Reply to this comment
- What a politicain won''t do for a little PR. But he does make a point about lawsuits.
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- I can''''''''t believe what a moron this guy is...and a Democrat to boot! He should know that God didn''''''''t cause all of the tornadoes, hurricanes and fearsome flooding, it was President Bush. This guy has gotten off task here
Posted by tcoleman12
-LOL!!!!!! LOL!!!!! Hilarious!!!!!! Man thank you....this is a good laugh! LOL!! :)
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Posted by singinrick at 06:05 PM : Sep 18, 2007
Hey rick, hows it going? glad you posted, thought about e mailing you, to see where you were at, but anyways this guy is nuts. Did you catch my earlier post? - Reply to this comment
- he''s hilarious. Who knew that black people weren''t all bible thumpers! Here''s the best part: suing god is laughable because we all know that he didn''t cause those things--we also all know that he isn''t real! Great job senator and best of luck!
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- That Judge should be removed from duty! Not to allow those words is unconstitutional! The woman WAS raped as proven medically, scientifically. That makes her a VICTIM. DUH! The defendant on trial accused may or may not have been the one to have done the rape, but use of those words should be allowed.
Shame on him and on the higher court who backed it!! I''d take it all the way .. hope it goes all the way.
As for this Senator, what are we paying him to do? How much of this is for the people who voted for in in that state and how much of it is for his own personal point? I''d be hopping mad if I lived there!
SHAME ON YOU SENATOR. Put your energy into something productive for your state! How is this helping? - Reply to this comment
- God may not be a citizen of NE, but he does business there. So the court does have jurisdiction.
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- I can''t believe what a moron this guy is...and a Democrat to boot! He should know that God didn''t cause all of the tornadoes, hurricanes and fearsome flooding, it was President Bush. This guy has gotten off task here.
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- there have been plays etc. short stories etc. on
this theme like
''God on Trial''. ''Devil and Daniel Webster'' etc. - Reply to this comment
- will God appear in court to answer the charges?
who will take the subpoena to Him to appear? operation infinite justice must stop!! and be replaced by operation infinite mercy!!! i back
this brilliant lawsuit to the hilt in a kilt. - Reply to this comment
- they dont have the jurisdiction to sue God
he is not a citizen of Nebraska - Reply to this comment
- Good luck on your re-election, senator! What an idiot!
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- without floods hurricanes and tornadoes you probably would have overbuilt years ago.
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- Tory Bowen, 24, sued a state judge who barred the words "rape" and "victim," among other terms, in the trial of Pamir Safi, who Bowen says sexually assaulted her. Bowen said Lancaster District Judge Jeffre Cheuvront 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
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The jacka$$ that is suing God is for tort reform.. He is upset that a girl that was raped sued a judge after he disallowed the words "rape" and "victim" among others in the trial. It is absolutely asinine that the judge would not allow these words. A girl was MOLESTED, SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, for god''s sake! She already has had to go through that trauma, the trauma of a sexual assault exam, the police questioning, depositions, and now the trial. And this misogynist of a judge won''t allow the words "rape" or "victim"! - Reply to this comment
- Not only was this the silliest thing i have ever heard, I think its the dumbest. But Karma will get its turn.
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- God has a speacial place for lawyers, where they can''''t harm no one else!
Nope not heaven,,, nope nt hell either,,, a place where they sit in front of a judge to defend some one who''s not there, don''t know what crime they commited, or any other facts of the case. AND they have loosing records too, now that would be too much for some lawyers to take. - Reply to this comment
- You know God will probably win the case. He''s got Johnny Cocoran now.
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- I think God shouldn''t take this lightly. Since Christians believe that "God is Everywhere," that would seem to suggest that the State of Nevada has personal jurisdiction over God, since God would also have to be there.
I think the only problem would be, if by some miracle (which would probably be God''s own doing, a.k.a. a confession) Chambers wins his injunction, I think the State of Nevada will have difficulty in enforcing it. - Reply to this comment
- What! I saw the headline on this site.. Nothing surprises me any more. It is said America is SUE happy. The people put this gent in office and he does this..Sir yer going sue God..good gracious that is going too far..HE is in Heaven..That makes no sense. Hope God as it may get thrown out of court..DUMB..
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- "More moonbat scatology.
Struck and killed by lightning" would be poetic justice to this lunatic."
Posted by One_American at 01:29 PM : Sep 18, 2007
Then God would be guilty of murder. - Reply to this comment
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