Posted on 10/01/2019 5:26:48 PM PDT by marshmallow
September 26, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – A federal judge has rejected D. James Kennedy Ministries’ (DJKM) lawsuit against the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), ruling that labeling the Christian organization a “hate group” falls within the protections of the First Amendment.
Formerly known as Coral Ridge Ministries, DJKM filed a lawsuit against SPLC in 2017 for “trafficking in false or misleading descriptions of the services offered under the Ministry's trademarked name.” The suit also named Amazon and the charity monitor Guidestar, because they relied on SPLC’s “hate” designation in their own classification of the ministry. Guidestar eventually relented, but the label resulted in Amazon customers being unable to donate to DJKM through the AmazonSmile program.
"The mission of the (D. James Kennedy) Ministry is to proclaim the Gospel upon which this nation was founded, to teach and nurture the followers of Jesus, to equip and encourage believers, and to defend religious liberty," the lawsuit declared. "Nowhere in the purpose or action of the Ministry is there HATE or any room for HATE.”
U.S. District Court Judge Myron Thompson (who has a history of blocking pro-life laws) ruled against DJKM on September 19, AL.com reported. He wrote in his opinion that Kennedy Ministries “failed to allege facts or circumstances that could suggest that the SPLC’s designation … as a hate group was made with actual knowledge of the falsity or in reckless disregard of its truth or falsity,” and rejected their argument that “hate group” inherently implies that a group is violent.
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A judge gets to litigate name calling.
He had a Yale diploma on his wall. I guess he passed the Bar. I don’t know how tho.
Um, isn’t this for a JURY to decide?
Old enough that he probably needs a walker to get from point A to point B ... which means he shouldn’t be serving on a federal court!
One step closer to CV II.
Unbelievable but looks like it?
He’s 72, born January 7, 1947
“He was nominated to that seat in September 1980 by President Jimmy Carter.”
I hope this judge has a “come to Jesus” meeting before it’s too late for him.
Judge is Carter 1980 appointed.
Appointed by Jimmy Carter.
Was he appointed less than one year before the end of Carter's term? If so, someone needs to remind Democrats before trying to stop a Trump appointment.
Then I guess our churches and comservative groups can go out and label the actual libtard hate groups as hate groups.
SPLC is a hate group.
These leftist activist judges seriously need some reckoning.
U.S. District Court Judge Myron Thompson (who has a history of blocking pro-life laws) ruled . . .
Judge Myron H. Thompson
Judge Thompson is a graduate of Yale College (B.A. 1969) and Yale Law School (J.D. 1972). He served as an Assistant Attorney General of Alabama from 1972 to 1974. He was the first African-American Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alabama, the first African-American bar examiner for the State, and the second African-American federal judge in the State.
The scumbag is a Peanutboy “judge”.
His rulings show that he knows which political party he belongs to.
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