Divine Intervention: Going Against the Separation of Church and State
In New Brunswick, anti-abortion activist David Little, 60, resisting his upcoming trial for tax evasion, informed the judge that he would need an indefinite postponement because his wife and stepdaughter are possessed by Satan and require exorcism. He told the judge that some exorcisms work quickly, but that he knows of one that lasted 16 years. The judge said to bring in some evidence of the possession.
—Daily Gleaner
Convicted Iowa sex offender Scott Smith petitioned a judge in February not to make him wear the electronic ankle monitor as part of his five-year probation because his Brotherhood of Christ sect regards electricity as one reason people disobey God. (The judge's decision was not reported.)
—UPIThe only couple creepier than Tom and KatieIn February in Pattaya, Thailand, the woman who was the former Guinness Book of World Records holder for living in a cage with scorpions married the man who holds the equivalent record for time spent with centipedes, with consummation immediately afterward in a coffin. Kanchana Ketkaew had stayed 32 days with 3,400 scorpions and Bunthawee Siengwong 28 days with 1,000 centipedes.
—BBC News Now that's a lawn ornament!British police are hunting for thieves who stole a 200-year-old cannon from outside a military barracks in southern England.
They said at least two people would have been needed to hoist the 150 lb. cannon from outside St. George's Barracks in Gosport on the south coast.
These artifacts are loaned to various locations to show the pride that people have in the history of our town,\ said Josephine Lawler, curator of the museum that owned the cannon. ""If this is what happens to them, there will soon be no
more left to display.""
—Reuters
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