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[-] perishthethought@piefed.social 33 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The whole 2015 article:

Sylvia Driskell, a 66-year-old woman from Auburn, Nebraska, filed a federal lawsuit last week titled Driskell v. Homosexuals. Driskell, acting as her own lawyer and the ambassador of “God, And His, Son Jesus Christ,” would like the District Court in Omaha to determine whether being gay is a sin. She did not cite any previous court cases in her petition, which is seven pages long and written in cursive, instead relying on the consul of Merriam-Webster and the Bible. Driskell asks, “Why are judges passing laws, so sinners can break religious, and moral laws. Will all the judges of this Nation, judge God to be a lier [sic].”

The civil-rights case has been assigned to Judge John M. Gerrard, and no summons have been issued. Many people around the country have been surprised to learn that they were being sued by some person they had never met in Nebraska.

Man, I hope I get deposed
— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) May 5, 2015

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/05/66-year-old-nebraska-woman-sues-all-gay-people.html

[-] boydster@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 hours ago
[-] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 18 points 3 hours ago

my favorite part is where they explain that for her to claim that this is under the jurisdiction of a federal court, she would have to prove that there are no gay people who are citizens of the state of Nebraska

Possibly true. If neither she nor the judge are.

[-] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 1 points 40 minutes ago

if I understand correctly, it's actually because she is. it explains that in order for a civil case to be under the jurisdiction of a federal court (and a civil case must be what she's attempting, since she doesn't cite any federal law to allege that the defendants have broken it), none of the plaintiffs can be citizens of the same state as any of the defendants. otherwise, presumably, it would fall under the jurisdiction of whichever state both parties are citizens of. so because both she and some gay people are Nebraskans, the case would have to be handled by a Nebraska state court, not a federal court

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 26 points 4 hours ago
[-] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 11 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

She was mad I fucked her husband because he was done with her bullshit and had already checked out of the marriage.

He stayed for the kids, not your stuck up shitty personality.

Sorry op... Just talking out loud.

Oh. OH I thought it was because of that night fifteen years ago. I normally wouldn't go for a lady that old or that particular kind of insane, but I was a little completely wasted.

[-] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 1 points 41 minutes ago

Are you stalking me?

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touched_by_an_Angel

This used to hit, if you were either stoned or just sitting, exhausted in the emergency room, waiting for news. Philosophy class was an excellent chaser for either situation

Someone sued God!? You really need to be high to not get angry about it

Wish we could sue churches that try to interfere with the fuckers who tax me.

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