rssJesus Christ Collection Agent
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 5:03 pm
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The Minnesota Independent reports on the latest craze in debt collection services: invoking Jesus.
“What Would Jesus Do” if he owed money to a collection agency? That’s one of several questions raised by a lawsuit filed in a Minnesota court. A Monticello debt collection company is facing a federal class action lawsuit because it sent out collections notices with a WWJD header. The case pits the religious rights of a small business against the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act which prohibits harassing, oppressive or abusive communication in debt collection procedures.
According to court documents, Bullseye Collection Agency sent a collection notice to Mark and Sara Neill that had “WWJD” at the top of the notice, which the Neills contend “has the effect of invoking shame or guilt in alleged debtors and ‘portray[s] the debtor as a sinner who is going to hell.’” [...]
“WWJD is not illegal,” senior counsel Horatio Mihet said. “The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act forbids only religious slurs and insults, but does not prohibit courteous references to people of historical, philosophical or religious significance. Courts cannot be used to legitimize religious harassment. The big business bully thought it could crush its competition by pouncing on it with a lawsuit. Liberty Counsel will not permit that to happen.”
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Comment posted June 23, 2009 @ 9:47 pm
Since Jesus would not have bills or debt, it is a moot question, dumb but moot.
Comment posted June 24, 2009 @ 7:08 am
This might sound a bit arrogant, but the real criminals in this scam just might be the people who fall for it. WWJD mean a lot to some people. Those people are weighted under Christianity's greatest guilt trip: Original Sin. And since “EVERYONE is a sinner”…
(Washington Independent take note) This is almost as ridiculous as the West Bend, Wisc. library suit that is currently going on: the “Christian Civil Liberties Union” (very shady) is suing the local library for $120,000 because it display a young adult novel about being gay-bashed. They also want to burn the book. The (very elderly) plaintiffs' accusations? It's presence:
“Caused mental and emotional distress” AND “`It might possibly be considered a hate crime against Christians.”
I kid you not.
I have some substance on the matter.
http://thedevilanddanvojir.blogspot.com
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