A North Carolina judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the ACLU. The ACLU had filed the lawsuit on behalf of Syidah Mateen who says she was prohibited from swearing on the Qur’an during a 2003 court hearing:
WRAL—A judge threw out an ACLU lawsuit aimed at allowing the use of non-Christian religious texts in courtroom oaths, saying the civil liberties group had no active case to argue.
Superior Court Judge Donald Smith, who is based in Raleigh, revealed his decision to lawyers in the case on Thursday. A written ruling was to follow.
The North Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union sued in Guilford County in July, saying it was acting on behalf of members statewide who prefer to swear courtroom oaths on religious texts other than the Bible. . . .
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I find it quite sad and frightening that there are actually people out there that would shut the ACLU down if they had the power. People who hate the ACLU really hate the US and its freedoms. I think the courts should either not make anyone swear on any book or let you choose which religious text you want. Its as simple as that.
dude u are one hell of a negative person
wake up – it’s a wondeful world.
ACLU Loses in Quran Case
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A North Carolina judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the ACLU. The ACLU had filed the lawsuit on behalf of Syidah Mateen who says she was prohibited from swearing on the Qur’an during a 2003 court hearing:
WRAL
A judge thr…