"Scientology fugitive" arrested

godpt3

Fuck L. Ron Hubbard and all of his clones, I'd love to send a Tom Cruise missile straight up their asses.



Keith Henson Back in Jail – Space Elevator Will Have To Wait
By RU Sirius
May 9th, 2007

On April 26, 2001, Keith Henson was convicted of interfering with a religion — a misdemeanor under California law — for picketing outside Scientology’s heavily armed, razor wire-enforced base, outside Hemet California. He split for Canada, becoming the world’s first “Scientology fugitive,” and he’s back in the U.S. dealing with a variety of court cases related to Scientology.

Henson was just thrown back in jail. As best as I can make out from the limited information currently available, Henson and his lawyers were scheduled for a hearing at 1:30 pm on Tuesday, May 8th. They were apparently unaware that warrants had recently been signed by the Governors of California and Arizona, and after the hearing, Henson was handed over to the Yavapai County Sheriff Department for incarceration until a hearing on Wednesday May 9th at 9 a.m. (A note received this afternoon — May 9th — from Henson’s wife, Arel Lucas, says that he will remain in the lockup at least until Monday, May 13th. She invites people to write to him at: Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, Howard Keith Henson, 255 E. Gurley St. Prescott, AZ 86301. She also reminds you that the prison authorities read the letters before passing them on.)


more at:
http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/05/09/keith-henson-back-in-jail-space-elevator-will-have-to-wait/

Hitch-Hiker

Am I reading this right? A guy has been arrested for protesting and forced to flee his home country? Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't that go against everything the US constituton supposedly stands for? All because the scientologists don't like people saying bad things about them. Fuckin Hell.

PJPOWER

All of the Scientology wackos are being brain fucked by their best friends...........how's that for not being offensive to the loonies.

NMyTree

Very interesting how one can be convicted of " interfering " with a religion, but Religion as a whole has always and continues to interfere with all of our lives.

Dispicable.

floyd1975

This thread seems like it's going to get fun.

mammasan

So picketing outside of a religious institution is illegal in California. I can understand disrupting a sermon or other religious activity within the confines of the property or building, but just picketing outside seems ridiculous to me.

qtegirl

If you go to the link, you'll get this little bit of information:

"Though Henson was found innocent of long-range missile terrorism, for his activities he was convicted of interfering with a church — a California hate crime for which he received a six-month misdemeanor prison sentence. But Henson said he feared his life would be in danger from Scientologists if he were imprisoned - and he fled to Canada in 2001."

So, this guy is interfering with Scientology, so we are sympathetic to him.

Would we feel differently if this was a Muslim man picketing and protesting in front of a Jewish temple?

mammasan

qtegirl wrote:

If you go to the link, you'll get this little bit of information:

"Though Henson was found innocent of long-range missile terrorism, for his activities he was convicted of interfering with a church — a California hate crime for which he received a six-month misdemeanor prison sentence. But Henson said he feared his life would be in danger from Scientologists if he were imprisoned - and he fled to Canada in 2001."

So, this guy is interfering with Scientology, so we are sympathetic to him.

Would we feel differently if this was a Muslim man picketing and protesting in front of a Jewish temple?

I obviously don't know all the details but I find the law a bit problematic. Where do you draw the line between freedom of speech and interfer with a religion. I mean picketing outside of a church, as long as you are not preventing members from entering said church, is protected under the 1st amendment.

jeffbr

qtegirl wrote:

If you go to the link, you'll get this little bit of information:

"Though Henson was found innocent of long-range missile terrorism, for his activities he was convicted of interfering with a church — a California hate crime for which he received a six-month misdemeanor prison sentence. But Henson said he feared his life would be in danger from Scientologists if he were imprisoned - and he fled to Canada in 2001."

So, this guy is interfering with Scientology, so we are sympathetic to him.

Would we feel differently if this was a Muslim man picketing and protesting in front of a Jewish temple?

I would feel no differently. Churchs shouldn't be exempt from ridicule or opposition. How was he interfering? Why does it become a hate crime simply
because it is done against a church? Yet another reason why the notion of hate crime is idiotic.

mammasan

Having read the entire article and the history between the church and Henson it seems that this charge is bullshit. The man did nothing wrong and is the victim of the church manipulating the system to shield itself from criticism.

jeffbr

mammasan wrote:

Having read the entire article and the history between the church and Henson it seems that this charge is bullshit. The man did nothing wrong and is the victim of the church manipulating the system to shield itself from criticism.

This is one of the knocks against Scientology. They seem to have a pretty powerful organizational structure that is able to use money and legal might to shut people and groups down.