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Osteen's Wife on Trial for Temper Tantrum
ABC News ^ | Aug. 6, 2008 | GINA SUNSERI

Posted on 08/06/2008 12:49:28 PM PDT by Gamecock

Can a crankiness land you in court? The case of Sandra Brown v. Victoria Osteen is the story of a chance encounter on an airplane that turned into a nasty legal battle.

Osteen is the wife of popular self-help author and television minister Joel Osteen, who heads the Lakewood Church, Houston's largest congregation. Brown is a flight attendant for Continental Airlines.

The lawsuit, filed in Harris County Civil Court in Houston, alleges that Victoria Osteen "shoved, grabbed and pulled the flight attendants." The suit goes on to claim that Osteen elbowed Brown, who was the flight manager, while allegedly trying to get into the cockpit of the airplane.

Brown's attorney, Reginald McKamie, contends that Osteen has a dark side that the trial will expose.

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TOPICS: Charismatic Christian; Current Events; Evangelical Christian
KEYWORDS: airlines; lawsuit; osteen; ybpdln
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To: Snurple; xzins; P-Marlowe
name it and clam

I have a clam, his name is Fred.

61 posted on 08/07/2008 8:01:59 AM PDT by Gamecock (The question is not, "Am I good enough to be a Christian?" rather "Am I good enough not to be?")
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62 posted on 08/07/2008 8:06:15 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (It's the Vast Wright Wing Conspiracy - labeling all whites as racist.)
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63 posted on 08/07/2008 8:09:32 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Whatever happened to him?
Is he still preaching? Still married?


64 posted on 08/07/2008 8:10:58 AM PDT by kalee
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To: Jaded

Our priest reminds the Easter Sunday crowd, “you do know we do this the other 51 Sundays of the year.” lol


65 posted on 08/07/2008 8:13:31 AM PDT by kalee
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
I still shake my head in amazement that this Minister took Christmas off to head to Vail, or whereever. I mean seriously, Christmas and Easter are kind of "the big show" in his line of work.............

If it was the first time after many years, I don't see a problem with it if the church is left in capable hands.

66 posted on 08/07/2008 8:13:53 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: Joe 6-pack

67 posted on 08/07/2008 8:14:51 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (It's the Vast Wright Wing Conspiracy - labeling all whites as racist.)
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***If it was the first time after many years, I don’t see a problem with it if the church is left in capable hands.***

You may have a point there, most anybody would be more capable.


68 posted on 08/07/2008 8:16:10 AM PDT by Gamecock (The question is not, "Am I good enough to be a Christian?" rather "Am I good enough not to be?")
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Except for the stained glass Jesus window, this picture is exactly what I would expect to see in a bordello. Not that I’ve ever seen one, but that’s what I think they look like.

Can we say TACKY?


69 posted on 08/07/2008 8:16:17 AM PDT by kalee
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To: kalee

Still has his radio show out of Baton Rouge; AFAIK, still married.


70 posted on 08/07/2008 8:16:44 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: SeaHawkFan

I understand vacations - CPA’s don’t take them during tax season because that is their big season - I don’t think a minister should leave his church during Christmas or Easter for any reason. He has 50 other weeks out of the year he can relax. In fact, I wouldn’t think a good Minister would WANT to be away from his church at such an important time of the year.....


71 posted on 08/07/2008 8:16:59 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (It's the Vast Wright Wing Conspiracy - labeling all whites as racist.)
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To: Gamecock

LOL.


72 posted on 08/07/2008 8:22:20 AM PDT by Snurple
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To: kalee

That whole TBN set is perfect for those who stand demanding money from the gullible....


73 posted on 08/07/2008 8:24:15 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (It's the Vast Wright Wing Conspiracy - labeling all whites as racist.)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
I understand vacations - CPA’s don’t take them during tax season because that is their big season

Which is why my CPA son scheduled his wedding for the middle of May. Anniversaries just seem to work out better that way.

74 posted on 08/07/2008 8:26:14 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

We have a friend who is a Baptist minister. The church he used to be at did not have a Christmas service and when he tried to have one the first year he was there the deacons told him NO, that’s a family day.

We have another Baptist friend whose church does their Chritmas service the Sunday evening before Christmas Day.
All very confusing to this Anglican.


75 posted on 08/07/2008 8:27:25 AM PDT by kalee
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To: kalee

The other thing I don;t understand is that they start singing Christmas carols right after Thanksgiving. lol


77 posted on 08/07/2008 8:29:58 AM PDT by kalee
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To: kalee

I grew up in a Baptist church and you are right, unless Christmas falls on a Sunday there isn’t a Christmas day service.... I never thought about it as a kid but as an adult it seems really odd.


78 posted on 08/07/2008 8:30:52 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (It's the Vast Wright Wing Conspiracy - labeling all whites as racist.)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

She’s fits exactly my idea of what an old fashioned Madame in a bordello would look like too.


79 posted on 08/07/2008 8:31:59 AM PDT by kalee
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To: SeaHawkFan

Yeah, and normally you wouldn’t plan to have a baby during Tax Season, but I had both of mine during that time.... preemies - neither started out with expectations of being born before April 15! ;^)


80 posted on 08/07/2008 8:32:25 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (It's the Vast Wright Wing Conspiracy - labeling all whites as racist.)
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