[Vision2020] 08-15-05 CNN: Small town may face big bill from Wiccan

[Donovan Arnold]

Of all the wrong things, and all the things we really
need to sue about, why this? What a waste of human
resources. 

Donovan J Arnold

--- Art Deco <deco at moscow.com> wrote:

>         
>       Small town may face big bill from Wiccan
>       Woman wins lawsuit over prayers in council
> meetings; wants fees paid
> 
>       Monday, August 15, 2005; Posted: 1:33 p.m. EDT
> (17:33 GMT)  
> 
> 
> GREAT FALLS, South Carolina (AP) -- A small South
> Carolina town is facing a hefty legal bill after
> losing a battle over whether it should stop using
> Jesus Christ's name in prayers before council
> meetings.
> 
> The U.S. Supreme Court refused in June to hear the
> Great Falls' appeal of a lower court ruling over the
> prayers.
> 
> Now Darla Wynne wants Great Falls to pay her more
> than $65,000 to cover legal bills. A judge is
> expected to rule on the matter within the next two
> months.
> 
> Wynne, who describes herself as a Wiccan priestess,
> sued Great Falls in 2001, saying the town violated
> the separation between church and state by using the
> name Jesus Christ in prayers because it promoted one
> religion, Christianity, over the another.
> 
> The money is not covered by insurance, and it is
> unclear where the town of about 2,200 residents
> would get the cash. The amount is about 7 percent of
> its annual budget.
> 
> "It'll be an enormous undertaking for us," town
> attorney Michael Hemlepp said.
> 
> Wynne's lawyer said attorneys had incurred only
> about $18,000 in expenses before the town decided to
> appeal. "We spent two years in extra litigation
> while they went to the U.S. Supreme Court, and I
> think the case was clear from the beginning," said
> attorney Herbert Buhl.
> 
> The Rev. Michael Sollers, pastor of Evangel Temple
> Assembly of God, said most of the town supported the
> council's decision to keep fighting the case and
> would be willing to help pay the legal fees.
> >
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