Ethics

Alabama School Seeks Protection from Preachers

By Ed Brayton

Here's an interesting case where a school system has asked the court to protect them against a husband and wife street-preaching team that has filed a bunch of lawsuits against the school and local government.

Having twice fended off litigation by a Loxley street preacher and his wife since 2005, Baldwin County's school board asked a judge last week for help to block them from suing again.

In response, Orlando and Glynis Bethel filed yet another suit Thursday, demanding the board pay them damages of $5 million.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on October 23, 2008 (boomark / email).