CBS News, September 18, 2007
Saying that God has caused “fearsome floods … horrendous hurricanes, terrifying tornadoes,” Nebraska’s longest-serving state senator says he is suing the Almighty to make a legal point.
State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha 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.
If there is a God, this guy needs to watch out. Raining toads, fire and Brimestone and the odd plague comes to mind.
Comment by greyhawk — September 18, 2007 @ 10:47 am
Chambers is coming to the end of his term and can’t legally run again in Nebraska, so he’s doing a whole bunch of crazy shit. A couple of years ago he redivided Omaha school districts along racial lines, ending decades of integration efforts. (fortunately, there was enough uproar that this got overturned)
Comment by Peregrin — September 20, 2007 @ 5:56 am