• laranis@lemmy.zip
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    Standing? What harm has befallen you due to the existence of gay people? I think I’d watch this argument if it were a TV courtroom drama. Would be fascinating to see the plaintiff’s lawyer try to argue this.

    “Your honor. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. The existence of gay people has caused my client irreparable emotional distress. The constant thoughts of gay sex have plagued my client since adolescence. Thinking of men sucking other men’s dicks. Women grinding pelvises together. Anal sex. Strap-on sex. Beards rubbing together in passionate moments. Boobies touching boobies. That’s all my client has been able to think about since they learned of gay people when they were 12 at Bible camp.”

  • Tacky4092@feddit.org
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    6 hours ago

    I mean you can put in your case whatever the fuck you want, which just means it gets thrown out.

    Me versus all people named Agatha? No problem.

  • perishthethought@piefed.social
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    18 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