In a case reminiscent of the Salem Witch trials, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma today filed a federal lawsuit charging that school officials violated 15-year-old Brandi Blackbear's rights when they accused her of casting a hex that resulted in a teacher's illness.
http://www.aclu.org/religion/schools/16 ... 01026.html
Suit filed for student accused of hexing a Tulsa teacher
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Suit filed for student accused of hexing a Tulsa teacher
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Re: Suit filed for student accused of hexing a Tulsa teacher
"Today" being 10/26/2000.
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Re: Suit filed for student accused of hexing a Tulsa teacher
Hell, my WWTBAM night is coming up Sunday then!!!MarleysGh0st wrote:"Today" being 10/26/2000.
Do I get another check on Friday? Huh? Huh? Huh?
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It appears as though she lost. --Bob
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Re: Suit filed for student accused of hexing a Tulsa teacher
Sounds to me like the ACLU is the one casting doubt on her religion."These outlandish accusations have made Brandi Blackbear's life at school unbearable," said Joann Bell, Executive Director of the ACLU of Oklahoma. "I for one would like to see the so-called evidence this school has that a 15-year-old girl made a grown man sick by casting a magic spell."
(That's a joke)
And how, exactly, is this case reminiscent of the Salem Witch Trials? I don't recall any of the people accused of being witches in Salem suing the magistrates or their accusers. Even after being hanged. That seems like a slightly worse form of ostracism than being suspended from school. Although, times were different in the 17th century. Maybe being hanged was the equivalent of out-of-school suspension at the time.
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Re: Suit filed for student accused of hexing a Tulsa teacher
This was made into a TV movie in 2006, Not Like Everyone Else: The True Story of Brandi Blackbear.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787498/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787498/
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Re: Suit filed for student accused of hexing a Tulsa teacher
I'll look in on this if it ever comes around again. It might, on Lifestyle or someplace.andrewjackson wrote:This was made into a TV movie in 2006, Not Like Everyone Else: The True Story of Brandi Blackbear.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787498/
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