Posted on 01/15/2010 3:49:23 AM PST by Gamecock
VANCOUVER, B.C. (CN) - After its lengthy but unsuccessful bid to prosecute polygamists in Bountiful, the British Columbia government faces a lawsuit from Winston Blackmore, alleging unlawful prosecution of the embattled leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The state's charges were tossed by the British Columbia Supreme Court.
Blackmore claims he suffered financial and business losses while defending himself, and that the charges were laid after the province's attorney general shopped around for a special prosecutor who would recommend charges despite the uncertain constitutional status of Canada's polygamy laws.
After two special prosecutors declined to file charges, B.C.'s attorney general "stated that he wanted a 'more aggressive approach,' which means you lay the charge and let the defence worry about the constitutionality issue,'" the complaint states.
"He recognized that he could order the Criminal Justice Branch to prosecute the case, but he preferred to work with someone who did not believe the case was doomed to failure."
A third prosecutor did recommend charges, but they were thrown out by the B.C. Supreme Court, which held that the appointment of the special prosecutor was unlawful, the complaint states.
After that ruling, the province's attorney general "accepted the correctness of this decision when he declined to appeal this ruling," opting instead to initiate constitutional questions regarding the validity of the country's laws prohibiting polygamy, the complaint states.
Blackmore claims his constitutional rights were violated because the attorney general "acted in a manner that was high handed, arbitrary, reckless, abusive, improper and inconsistent with the Honour of the Crown and the administration of justice."
He adds: "The principles of fundamental justice are also violated when the Attorney General allows his own personal or political views to influence or even to appear to influence the course of a criminal prosecution."
Blackmore seeks punitive damages. He is represented by Joseph Arvay with Arvay Finlay.
If Mormons are “Christians on steroids” then these guys are Mormons on Viagra!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Elsie, if Jack the Goat hasnt eaten it...
where’s that mormon creed about respecting the secular authorities ???
> Fundamentalist Mormon Sues the Queen
NO. This is a moronic title. It is pig-ignorant: this scroat is not suing the Queen at all. He is suing the Crown, as represented by the Province of British Columbia.
Poor ol’ E-II-R is *not* “The Crown”. Sure, she wears A crown, but The Crown is much, much bigger than she is or ever could be. She can and one day will die (may that day be long delayed! God Save the Queen!) but The Crown never, ever dies. It endures throughout the ages, and shall...
Bet the Morg in SLC is watching this with collective bated breathes...
Is the mormon god about to overturn err change his mind about the 1890 “proclamation” on polygamy ???
Oh the joy of Joey Smith, the mormon lord ....
This one...
The Articles of Faith
We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
Joseph Smith
"Inasmuch as laws have been enacted by Congress forbidding plural marriage...I hereby declare my intention to submit to those laws..."~ Wilford Woodruff, 4th LDS President
Ping
It's not yet time for the Full Color Version.
We need more MORMONs complaining about stuff first...
Good Luck with that. Guy has multiple wives and personalities.
Sue the Queen? How Princely of him.
***Sue the Queen? How Princely of him.***
Got to admot it, at least he is holding to the faith as handed down by Jos. Smith!
Just playing the field.
We mean it, man!
Imagine that.
As crazy as it sounds, he may have an angle. Britains have been so dihimmi-tized that I think they allow islamic polygamy in some instances.
His case is certainly much stronger if Islamic polygamy has been allowed; however, I don’t know if recognition of polygamous marriage extends beyond recognition of marriages conducted in countries (usually Islamic) in which they are legal. Because FLDS marriages are not recognised (’recognized’ in the US) in either Canada or the US, the usual diplomatic acceptance of such things does not apply to FLDS polygamy.
LOL. My favorite scene from that movie, even when I was LDS.
Got to admot it, at least he is holding to the faith as handed down by Jos. Smith!
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That he is in contrast to the REFORMED LDS church in SLC.
I really do not see how they can still be the “one true church” when they have changed so much doctrine from the early church.
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