Ethics

Outed Blogger Sues Sheriff's Department

By Ed Brayton

The blogger in Jacksonville, Florida whose identity was outed to the church he attended and criticized is suing the sheriff's department and prosecutor's office over having his name revealed to the church despite the investigation finding no wrongdoing on his part.

A formerly anonymous blogger who criticized his prominent Southern Baptist pastor has sued police and state prosecutors for revealing his identify to the church even though an investigation showed he had done nothing illegal.

Tom Rich and his wife Yvette, until recently members of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla., for about 20 years, filed a lawsuit April 27 claiming that involvement by government officials violated his rights under the First Amendment of the Constitution.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 10, 2009 (boomark / email).