There are many reasons why anyone would not like religion. However, more than any other reason, the intolerance it breeds is the most sickening one.

This intolerance, honed by centuries of indoctrination and sanctioned by ‘Holy Books’, is why someone would blow up people of other religions, or use force on people whose world view does not align with theirs.

A good example of this intolerance is that exhibited by this Nebraska woman, 66 year old Sylvia Ann Driskell. She has filed a suit in the US District Court of Omaha, claiming to be an ambassador for the plaintiffs, God and his son Jesus Christ.

In the suit, officially entered as ‘Driskell vs homosexuals’; she is suing all homosexuals for breaking ‘religious and moral laws’.

In a rambling, handwritten seven page petition, Driskell quotes Bible passages to show homosexuality is a sin, and claims that homosexuals know they are living in sin.

“Homosexuality is a sin and they the homosexuals know it is a sin to live a life of homosexuality. Why else would they have been hiding in the closet?

I’m sixty six years old and I never thought I’d live to see the day in which our great nation or our own great state of Nebraska would become so compliant to the complicity of some people’s lewd behaviour”

Based on her bible verses, she called on the judge not to brand God a liar and rule once and for all whether same-sex relationships are a sin.

Driskel, who’s representing herself, rounded off thus…

“It is because of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassion fails not”

At least she’s going through legal means, no matter how misguided. Others would use less civilised means.

Patheos has copies of the nicely handwritten petition.