66 year old nebraska woman sues all gay people
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Sylvia Driskell, a 66-year-old woman from Auburn, Nebraska, wants to sue every gay person in the world.
Driskell will represent herself in Driskell v. Homosexuals, claiming she is an earthly "ambassador" of "God and His Son Jesus Christ." In her seven-page, handwritten petition, Driskell writes that "homosexuals say that it's not a sin to be homosexual, and they have the right to marry, to be parents." She goes on to argue that children raised by "liars, deceivers, and thieves" will "grow up to be one of the three, or all three."
Driskell ends her petition by noting that it is "imperative" for her to "start standing up for the moral principles on which our great nation, our great states, and our wonderful cities were founded on." U.S. District Judge John M. Gerrard has been assigned the case, filed May 1, but no summons have been issued thus far.
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Nebraska woman sues all gay people
The American court system has seen some pretty strange cases in its time, from the period someone finally took Subway to court over their misleadingly named ‘footlong subs’, to the guy who sued Michael Jordan for looking too much like him, but this recently unearthed case has got to take the cake. According to Time magazine, back in 2015 a 66 year old Nebraska woman Sylvia Driskell decided to put her excess free time to nice use by suing all (yes ALL) gay people.
It probably won’t surprise you to learn that Sylvia is a conservative Christian and is claimed to be acting on behalf of God, who she says was appalled by the recent uptick in gay people appearing on her TV screen. Unfortunately the all powerful creator of the cosmos couldn’t make it to the court hearing due to prior plans to not exist, so Sylvia will be representing herself in the case which officially proceeded as Driskell v. Homosexuals.
The case has come to clear again recently in the establish of a meme with Twitter users picking which lawyer they would have chosen to depict themselves in the case, with popular choices ranging from Rhys Witherspoon in Le
Driskell v. Homosexuals: The Civil Rights Case of the Century
We live in invigorating times for civil rights litigation. Across the nation, ordinary people from every walk of life are going to court to vindicate their rights and liberties. Civil lawsuits hold ushered in marriage equality and combated trans discrimination, paving the way for minorities to achieve same justice under law. Now a brave woman named Sylvia Ann Driskell is taking a bold step to fight in court for American freedom: She’s suing every gay person on the planet for violating civil rights law.
Technically, Driskell v. Homosexuals is a bit more complex than that. Driskell isn’t suing “the Homosexuals” on her own behalf; rather, she is “an Dignitary for Plaintiffs God, and His, Son, Jesus Christ” (sic). According to Driskell, God and Jesus wish the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska to hold a trial to determine “Is Homosexuality a sin, or not a sin” (sic). Driskell, who is 60, cites several Bible verses—as well as Webster’s Dictionary—to prove homosexuality is, indeed, a sin. And she demands that gay people appear in federal court to prove “that its not a sin to be homosexual” (sic).
Judge Throws Out Nebraska Lawsuit Against All Homosexuals [UPDATED]
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UPDATE [5/7/2014, 11:48 am]: Looks like we’re reliable, gays. A determine in Omaha has thrown out Nebraska woman Sylvia Driskell’s lawsuit against all homosexuals. Omaha.com reports:
In a strongly worded view, [Judge John Gerrard] said it is not up to the court to decide whether homosexuality is sinful.
Gerrard said Driskell lacked subject matter jurisdiction and cannot sue a class of unidentified defendants. Driskell did not set forth a factual or legal basis for a federal claim.“The United States Federal Courts were created to resolve actual cases and controversies arising under the Constitution and the laws of the United States,” Decide Gerrard said. “A federal court is not a forum for debate or discourse on theological matters.”
ORIGINAL: A 66-year-old Nebraska woman named Sylvia Driskell has mutual online a hand-scribbled, seven-page manifesto in which she states her intention to sue homosexuals. Yes, all of us.
The petition in