Christian's suit against university goes forward
Ex-student seeks damages from officials who tried to have him committed
Posted: May 26, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
2004 WorldNetDaily.com
A federal judge has ruled a former Temple University student can proceed to
trial in his suit against two school officials who he claims tried to commit
him to a psychiatric ward because of his religious beliefs.
Michael Marcavage alleges William Bergman, Temple University vice president of
operations, and Carl Bittenbender, managing director of Campus Safety Services,
forcibly detained him and attempted to have him involuntarily committed in the
school hospitals' pysch ward in the fall of 2000. The lawsuit seeks unspecified
money damages from the administrators.
Marcavage had been working to offer a Christian alternative on campus to the
play "Corpus Christi," which portrayed Christ and His disciples as homosexuals.
According to a statement from the American Family Association Center for Law
and Policy, which is representing the former student, Bittenbender, in seeking
to commit Marcavage, claimed he had "inflicted or attempted to inflict serious
bodily harm on another ..." and that Marcavage had "attempted suicide." He said
there was a "reasonable probability" of suicide unless Marcavage received
adequate treatment. The admitting form, by statute, requires that at least one
of these factors be present before involuntary commitment can be sought, the
law center said.
In denying the Temple officials' motion to dismiss the claims, Judge Petrese
Tucker wrote, "Bittenbender ... (in his deposition) conceded that he had no
knowledge of (Marcavage) threatening or causing harm to others," and he "also
conceded that he had no knowledge of (Marcavage) attempting suicide. ..."
Brian Fahling, senior trial attorney for CLP, said, "What these men did to
Marcavage is despicable, and now they are going to be held responsible for
their actions. The arrogance and abuse of power evidenced in this case is
particularly loathsome."
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| User: "Grantland" |
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26 May 2004 12:15:47 PM |
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(TonyZ2001) wrote:
Michael Marcavage alleges JEW William Bergman, Temple University vice president of
operations, and JEW Carl Bittenbender, managing director of Campus Safety ..
You worship the Beast you fucking HERETIC! You WORSHIP the BEAST!!
CUT your evil throat NOW while you stil have a soul.
Grantland
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| User: "MaxBlast36" |
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26 May 2004 04:26:32 PM |
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Grantland wrote:
You worship the Beast you fucking HERETIC! You WORSHIP the BEAST!!
CUT your evil throat NOW while you stil have a soul.
Grantland
MaxBlast wrote:
Do you have "any" idea what your words are costing you? You are not the
Authority on this earth and if anybody follows your advise and kills themself
"YOU" are going to be responsible!!!
How in the world do you think that you have the right to speak to people like
this?
Take heed that Condemnation comes to many walks of life and you are "Not"
excluded!!!
Now do yourself a "Big Favor" and "Stop" shooting off that Loose Cannon of
Yours!!!
Peace is "within" the heart if you want to know where to find it...
Brother Jon
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| User: "" |
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27 May 2004 07:16:19 AM |
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On 26 May 2004 21:26:32 GMT, (MaxBlast36) wrote:
Grantland wrote:
You worship the Beast you fucking HERETIC! You WORSHIP the BEAST!!
CUT your evil throat NOW while you stil have a soul.
Grantland
MaxBlast wrote:
Do you have "any" idea what your words are costing you? You are not the
Authority on this earth and if anybody follows your advise and kills themself
"YOU" are going to be responsible!!!
How in the world do you think that you have the right to speak to people like
this?
Take heed that Condemnation comes to many walks of life and you are "Not"
excluded!!!
Now do yourself a "Big Favor" and "Stop" shooting off that Loose Cannon of
Yours!!!
Peace is "within" the heart if you want to know where to find it...
Brother Jon
There are a lot in this group who don't want peace. Namely the sheeple
who don't believe that there are those of us who don't believe
everything they read, or governments tell us. The world right now is
being lead astray by many dark forces with the typical old tactic of
divide and conquer.
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