Category: Bizarre

French Court Rules That Muslim Man Cannot Divorce Wife For Faking Virginity

thumb_wedding_ringsA French appeals court has reinstated the marriage of a Muslim man who sought an annulment because his bride lied about being a virgin. A lower court granted the annulment but the appellate court has declared that they are still unhappily married.
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The Lord Will Not Provide: Religious Organizations Firing Employees Due to Lack of Contributions

thumb_bag_of_moneyIt appears that the economy is hitting evangelical groups and universities — once thought to be recession-proof. Both Oral Roberts University and Focuc on the Family have announced major layoffs. The Oral Roberts layoffs come shortly after a settlement with the founder’s son.
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When Law Students Attack: IL Puts Robber Into Hospital to Protect His Case Notes

laptop-robberArizona State Law Student Alex Botsio was willing to part with his wallet and guitars when faced with an armed robber but intruder Gabriel Saucedo learned that he would have to pry away his cold dead fingers from his laptop containing his class notes. Botsio defended his case notes with the passion of a mother mink and ultimately put Saucedo in the hospital in a act of heroism that has brought tears to the eyes of law professors around the globe.

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The International Blasphemy Law: UN General Assembly President and Nicaraguan Priest D’Escoto Calls for World Ban on “Defaming Religion”

157034Recently, there has been a steady and worrisome trend of stories in Western countries restricting free speech in the name of tolerance of religion, sexual orientation and other values. Now, United Nations General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann has called for a world ban on anyone defaming any religion. A suspended Nicaraguan priest, D’Escoto is little concerned about the devastating blow to free speech and free press in such a rule — dangers already realized in various countries where speaking against a religion has resulted in criminal penalties and even death. In making this outrageous call, D’Escoto has given critics of international legal systems a great boost — showing the dangers of such rules in restricting cherished constitutional rights.

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New York Hunter Charged With Manslaughter After Killing 16-Month Baby in Home

taibi_ed-1In Swan Lake, New York, Edward Taibi, 45, of Queens, New York has been charged with second-degree manslaughter after firing at a deer too close to a home and killing 16-month-old Charly Skala inside the grandparents’ trailer home. It is only the latest such killing, but a relatively rare case of a hunter being criminally charged.

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Iowa Magician Points the Finger at Martha Stewart: Tort Case Alleges Product Defect in Lounge Chair

This is the story of Martha Stewart, the Lounge Chair225px-martha_stewart, and the Magician’s finger. In Des Moines, Iowa, Patrick Albanese is suing Kmart Corp. and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia after he lost the tip of his right index finger while carrying the Martha Stewart Everyday lounge chair on his deck. Albanese claims to be a hand model, magician, and banjo player — making the loss a devastating blow, even after it was put back on by surgeons.

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Oregon Woman Gives $400,000 to Nigerian Scam

janella_spears2Ever wonder who would fall from those Nigerian scam artists that ask to give you millions of dollars? Well, now we know. It is Janella Spears among others. Of course, few other people would give $400,000 to the scam, but sitting in Sweet Home, Oregon, Spears thought this was a good investment. Of course, given my current stock market fortunes, it may not be crazier than giving it to a broker.

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Utah High School Student Dies After Being Shot With Blank Prop Gun

thumb_weapon_gun_smith_and_wesson_hand_ejectorIn St. George, Utah, a 17-year-old student at Washington County high school died after firing a blank-shooting prop pistol used in the performance of the Oklahoma! musical. Police stated that the gas from the prop can have the same energy as a bullet, which would seem to raise some obvious negligence and product liability issues.
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Not So Sharpe: Pennsylvania Man Jailed and Forced to Pay $12,000 for a Child for Another Man Over Seven Years

gavel2Over the last seven years, Walter Andre Sharpe Jr. has been forced to pay $12,000 in child support, jailed four times and estranged from his four children. It all began to unravel seven years ago when he signed a certified letter from Dauphin County Domestic Relations in 2001 and found himself covering the support of a child of another man. In the meantime, the real father — Andre Sharpe — has been living with the girl for the last four years.

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Thou Shalt Not Make Demands of the Court: Litigants Ask for Delay of Oral Argument Pending Moment of Truth From the Court Over the Ten Commandments

180px-rembrandt_harmensz_van_rijn_079A curious demand was made of the Supreme Court last week in Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, where the Court is considering a seven Aphorisms monument in a city park where a 10 Commandments monument already stands. Robert Ritter, president of the Jefferson Madison Center for Religious Liberty, asked the Court to postpone the scheduled oral arguments “until such time as the Court publicly discloses … that a literal translation of the Hebrew on the tablet that Moses is holding on the Court’s South Wall Frieze is opposite of the Ten Commandments….” The Court appears to have ignored the demand.

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Bringing Order to Chaos: Trespassers Attacked by Privately Owned Cougar

anthony_zitnick1Whatever happened to impressing girls with a nice car or back stage tickets to a Guns and Roses concert? Anthony Zitnick allegedly wanted to impress a 16-year-old girl by unlawfully entering the private home of Alan Rigerman, who legally keeps two cougars, several snakes and an alligator. A 150-pound cougar named Chaos attacked her while Zitnick apparently froze and did little.

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Marines Under Fire for Ordering Removal of Contractor’s Anti-Islam Bumper Stickers

bumpersticker2zm0Jesse Nieto is a veteran who served 25 years in the Marine Corps, including two combat tours as an infantryman in Vietnam. He is also the father of a sailor killed in the 2000 terrorist attack on the USS Cole. The contractor at the base at Camp Lejeune is now suing the Marines after he was told to remove offensive bumper stickers — an act that he claims violated his free speech rights to trash talk Islam.

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Church Repudiates Priest Who Demands Penance Before Obama Voters Receive Communion

17975580_240x180The Catholic Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina has repudiated the actions of Father Jay Scott Newman who told his parishioners that anyone who voted for Barack Obama should confess and do penance before receiving communion. So that there is no mistake, the Diocese released both a statement and a video denouncing the actions by Rev. Newman.
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