Ethics

Potentially Explosive Church/State Suit in Michigan

By Ed Brayton

Yes, this report is from the Worldnutdaily. And yes, the law firm is the Thomas More Law Center. So initially, I'd take it with a truckload of salt. But if the allegations are true (and I'll be investigating it for an article for the Michigan Messenger), it's a pretty serious case.

According to the complaint filed in court, when a neighbor complained to the police about excessive noise from the church service because they had a Christian rock band playing, the township sent multiple uniformed police officers into the church, detained and interrogated several people, including juveniles, seized their identification and told them that criminal charges were being filed against them.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 15, 2008 (boomark / email).