Following up on Doug's post: from http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/10/italy.christ.ap/index.html
Did Jesus exist? Case dismissed ROME, Italy (AP) -- An Italian judge has dismissed an atheist's petition that a small-town priest should stand trial for asserting that Jesus Christ existed, both sides said on Friday. * * * * * "This is not surprising but it doesn't mean it all ends here," [the plaintiff] said, adding that he's considering taking the case to the European Court of Human Rights. "This is an important case and it deserves to go ahead," he said. Judge Gaetano Mautone said in his decision that prosecutors should investigate Cascioli [the plaintiff] for possible slander. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/11/2006 6:32:56 PM >>> Assuming there is anything to this story, it kind of makes me glad that the case-or-controversy requirement has some content. Douglas Laycock University of Texas Law School 727 E. Dean Keeton St. Austin, TX 78705 512-232-1341 (phone) 512-471-6988 (fax) Did Jesus exist? Italian court to decide - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060105/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_religion_court ============================================================ Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
