Adventist doctor sues Georgia after losing job when sermon content surfaced

[Stan]

Last week Liberty Institute and its attorneys filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Public Health for withdrawing an employment offer made to Seventh-day Adventist local-church-hired pastor and physician Dr. Eric Walsh after reviewing his recorded sermons. Although the case has serious implications for freedom of speech and of religion, there are two threshold issues that will need to be addressed before the court gets to the issue of freedom of speech in the pulpit, and if proper firewalls are in place in the litigation process it may only have legal implications for those who have dual employment inside and outside the government.

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[hch]

We have not seen anything yet.

[hch]

Saw where a city passed an ordinance that says everyone has to use the public restroom of their gender at time of birth. $500 fine and or 6 months in jail.

Boy that is going to have unintended consequences when those who have had reassignment surgery follow the law to the letter.

[Gregory Matthews]

Re. Dr. Eric Walsh:

The legal document, which is long, is informative and may be read at:

https://firstliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Dr-Eric_Walsh-Charge-2014.09.23.pdf

To read it all, scroll down through all of the pages.

[Gregory Matthews]

Stan said:

 

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Although the case has serious implications for freedom of speech and of religion, there are two threshold issues that will need to be addressed before the court gets to the issue of freedom of speech in the pulpit, and if proper firewalls are in place in the litigation process it may only have legal implications for those who have dual employment inside and outside the government.

 

I would like for Stan to list the two threshold issues that need to be addressed.  I would also like for him to expand upon the idea as to why this case  may only have implications for those who have dual employment, although I think that he may be correct.

NOTE:  While this case has many listings on the Internet, it seems that the ones that Stan listed do not work.  Perhaps he can correct them.

 

 

[Stan]

That looks like it was an RSS feed.

[Gregory Matthews]

I do not know what that means.

 

[Stan]

It is an automatic post from a provider we subscribe to.  I looks like it has been removed from the original site.

 

[Gregory Matthews]

Well, the Internet has a number of websites that will give a short statement of the news item.  Again, for those who want to delve into the details, the URL that I provided to the main legal document is interesting.   At least I think it is interesting.