Texas Judge Orders Young Man to Marry Girlfriend and Write Bible Verses to Avoid Jail

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NAC4EV

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Texas man facing jail time for getting into a fight with his girlfriend’s old boyfriend was given two choices by an East Texas judge: go to jail or marry his girlfriend in 30 days, and to write Bible verses.

http://www.19actionnews.com/story/2...st-texas-man-to-get-married-or-face-jail-time

Josten Bundy stood before Smith County Judge Randall Rogers in mid-July on misdemeanor charges of assault after getting into a fight with the ex-boyfriend of his girlfriend at the time, Elizabeth Jaynes. According to Bundy, the judge gave him a choice: 15 days in jail or marry his girlfriend within thirty days as part of his probation.
 
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waggy

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I can't see how that can be legal.

I wonder what would happen if the GF said no. we need more then 30 days to prepare the wedding?

or she didn't want to merry him at all.
 
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If the defendant already at some prior point expressed or noted his religious belief or persuasion to the judge as Christian, then I don't have a problem with it. But if it was something like 'I don't have any interest in 5000 year-old superstition, your honor' and the judge did it anyway, or worse, did it specifically because he disclaimed an interest or belief in it, now I've got a problem with it.
 
BoomerD

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waggy said:
I can't see how that can be legal.

I wonder what would happen if the GF said no. we need more then 30 days to prepare the wedding?

or she didn't want to merry him at all.
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Maybe she just wanted to happy him... ():)
 
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