Posted on 04/10/2021 6:35:54 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Adorers of the Blood of Christ have returned to court arguing that the existence of a 3-year-old natural gas pipeline through their land in Pennsylvania violates their religious freedom rights guaranteed under a 1993 law.
A lawsuit filed by the congregation of women religious in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is the latest step the order has taken to assert its rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, known as RFRA.
This time, said Sister Janet McCann, a member of the order's St. Louis-based leadership team, the congregation is seeking a jury trial to present evidence about the practice of their faith and their belief Christians are called to protect creation from desecration.
"We've never had the chance to have our case heard, to be able to express how this violates our religious beliefs. That's what we're asking for, the chance to have a jury trial to have it decided whether or not the pipeline company is in violation of our religious beliefs," Sister McCann told Catholic News Service.
The lawsuit, filed last November, seeks unspecified monetary damages. Sister McCann said it is impossible to assess a monetary value for religious rights violations that will continue into perpetuity.
She explained that members of her order have long believed efforts must be taken to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and that the pipeline, like others, poses grave danger to the planet.
"More and more, we are learning how everything is connected, all of creation is connected," Sister McCann said. "When a violation is done to one part of creation, it hurts all of us."
The civil lawsuit names the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, known as Transco, as the defendant. It maintains that the company, a subsidiary of the Williams pipeline company.....
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More mysticism than religion. Flame away.
The Cult of Global Warming.
It’s real!
I guess they don’t use any of that nasty plastic in their cult, I mean church. No cell phones. No automobiles. No take-out food in containers, etc.
Get your Paypal number ready.
I am a member of the Nascar Drag Warriors and your religion interferes with my worship.
“filed by the congregation of women religious”
I see the pipeline causes dyslexia. Did the Congregation of Religious Woman file a counter-pleading?
No flaming from me.
They are out to lunch.
Another fake Catholic non-habit wearing nun. Dropping the habit and witnessing to the Lord to fit in with secular society. She has received her rewsrd.
mot having a gas pipeline violates my religious freedoms- so there!
If “the pipeline runs through their land”, then the oil company Trespassed on private land.
IMHO, the oil co. is not paying them for right-of-way in the amount they wanted.
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This nonsense will provide ammo for proxy servants of the devil to abrogate RFRA, which the Federal Equality Act does as regards LBGTQ demands:
SEC. 1107. Claims. “The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.) shall not provide a claim concerning, or a defense to a claim under, a covered title, or provide a basis for challenging the application or enforcement of a covered title.”
I wonder if they use any type of fossil fuel to heat the church building or cook. They are either trying to extort the gas company or they are kooks.
Oh look, fake religion.
“Nascar Drag Warriors”
I foresee unexpected issues with that name...
As long as there isn’t a leak or spill from the pipeline, I don’t see a violation of this group’s beliefs.
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