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Temple U. Faces Suit After Trying to Have Christian Student Committed
The Christian Underground ^ | March 8, 2005 | By Allie Martin

Posted on 03/08/2005 5:43:48 AM PST by TexasTaysor

Jury selection began today (March 7) in a federal trial in which a public university in Pennsylvania is being sued because school officials tried to have a Christian student involuntarily committed to a mental hospital.

Back in 1999 Temple University sponsored the controversial and blasphemous play Corpus Christi, in which Christ is portrayed as a homosexual. Michael Marcavage, then a Christian student at the Philadelphia school, complained to administrators. Temple officials eventually tried to have Marcavage committed to a mental institution because of his opposition to the play.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: academia; christ; christian; christianstudents; hospital; lawsuit; mentalhealth; pennsylvania; templeu
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1 posted on 03/08/2005 5:43:50 AM PST by TexasTaysor
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To: TexasTaysor

Gotta' watch what you criticize around mind-numbed, knee-jerk, robot-like Liberals these days eh?!


2 posted on 03/08/2005 5:49:37 AM PST by muawiyah (gonna' be like with the anthrax thing ~ find a guy, harass him, let the terrorists escape)
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To: TexasTaysor
If they are hostile to Christians, it doesn't seem appropriate for the university to have the name "Temple."
3 posted on 03/08/2005 5:50:48 AM PST by Enterprise (President George W. Bush - the leading insurgent detergent.)
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To: TexasTaysor
But the lesson to take away from this story is that various lefty-lib institutions are no longer getting away with their infringment of our freedoms. Its widely reported (like here on FR) and costs them a few votes each time.

Soon, as this story shows, it'll start to cost them money.

4 posted on 03/08/2005 6:00:44 AM PST by An Old Marine (Freedom isn't Free)
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To: TexasTaysor

What is the school's side of the story?


5 posted on 03/08/2005 6:02:12 AM PST by wmichgrad ("The only difference between what Senator Kennedy said & a bag of excrement is the bag" Rush 3/2/05)
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To: TexasTaysor

Hmmm...Bill Cosby's Alma Mater. Who would've thunk it?


6 posted on 03/08/2005 6:03:36 AM PST by TommyDale
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To: TexasTaysor

If these allegations are true, I hope the school is bankrupted by the lawsuit. They deserve it. The school acts like a miniature version of the old Soviet Union; incarcerating students for 'thought crime'.


7 posted on 03/08/2005 6:04:01 AM PST by 6SJ7
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To: TexasTaysor

What was he doing that required him to be restrained?


8 posted on 03/08/2005 6:09:17 AM PST by verity (The Liberal Media is America's Enemy)
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To: MAK1179; briansb

bump for reading later


9 posted on 03/08/2005 6:10:28 AM PST by Lloyd227 (American Forces armed with what? Spit balls?)
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To: TexasTaysor

Is this really true? Just doesn't sound reasonable to me.


10 posted on 03/08/2005 6:11:13 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: TexasTaysor
News of Delaware County reports:

MEDIA - A Lansdowne evangelist will not have to appear in court to answer charges of disrupting a borough council meeting. Charges against Michael Marcavage arising from an alleged incident at the July 21 Lansdowne Borough Council meeting were thrown out after a Feb. 17 meeting between the prosecutor and Common Pleas Court Judge George Koudelis.

"I had no idea this was going to happen," Marcavage said on Monday.

"They decided there was insufficient evidence. The whole thing was on tape," Marcavage said. "The evidence was clear no law was violated. The only rights that were violated were mine in that they did not permit me to voice my free speech during the public comment period, in which it was well warranted, considering the circumstances."

Marcavage was responding to comments made by Councilman Kevin Lee (D) in Philadelphia Gay News.

"He was saying his appointment to Lansdowne Borough Council will attract more homosexuals to Lansdowne. I was just sharing my disagreement with doing that," he said.

Efforts to contact Lee were unsuccessful. Council President Gene Wayne (D) declined to comment. Marcavage said he will be coming back to council. "It's just a matter of waiting for the appropriate time to speak on issues. I have been following the minutes via the borough Web site and obviously watching what's happening," he said. (March 2, 2005)

11 posted on 03/08/2005 6:17:38 AM PST by mountaineer
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To: 6SJ7

"They deserve it. The school acts like a miniature version of the old Soviet Union; incarcerating students for 'thought crime'."

Welcome to the bottom of the slippery slope of "hate crime" legislation.


12 posted on 03/08/2005 6:18:40 AM PST by CSM (Currently accepting applications for the position of stay at home mom.)
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To: CSM
Agreed.

Hate Crime legislation leads to the criminalization of Christianity.
13 posted on 03/08/2005 6:27:47 AM PST by keats5
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To: TexasTaysor

Marcavage is just giving the hedonistic leftists a good dose of their own "in your face" tactics by shining the white hot spotlight on their actions and not quietly submitting while the majority of us good Christians sit on the sidelines shaking our head mumbling our tsk tsks. Sad for us. Good for him.


14 posted on 03/08/2005 6:38:11 AM PST by OB1kNOb (mrducks. mrnot . osmr, cmwangs? lib! mrducks!)
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To: mlc9852

it's true, this is old news, it was big news when it came out, do a google search for the man's name


15 posted on 03/08/2005 6:45:13 AM PST by RaceBannon ((Prov 28:1 KJV) The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.)
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To: TexasTaysor

While the people with the REAL mental disorder are allowed to walk free and spread deadly diseases at will.


16 posted on 03/08/2005 6:55:11 AM PST by L98Fiero
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To: TexasTaysor
Christian Student Dragged to Psych Ward After Dispute Over Blasphemous Play
17 posted on 03/08/2005 7:04:33 AM PST by knuthom
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To: OB1kNOb
Marcavage is just giving the hedonistic leftists a good dose of their own "in your face" tactics by shining the white hot spotlight on their actions and not quietly submitting while the majority of us good Christians sit on the sidelines shaking our head mumbling our tsk tsks. Sad for us. Good for him.

And a hell of a lot DON'T sit on the sidelines but pull the DEMOCRAT LEVER on election day
18 posted on 03/08/2005 7:07:24 AM PST by uncbob
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To: TexasTaysor

bttt


19 posted on 03/08/2005 7:17:08 AM PST by Guenevere (Sola Gratia)
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To: uncbob

Even worse. Too true.


20 posted on 03/08/2005 7:27:38 AM PST by OB1kNOb (mrducks. mrnot . osmr, cmwangs? lib! mrducks!)
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