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Atheist assaulted at Hawaii state capital for objecting to Senate prayer

Filed Dec 06 2010 in: Atheism by: DeltaV

On April 29, 2010, activists Mitch Kahle and Kevin Hughes were assaulted by Ben Villaflor, the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms, and State Sheriff’s Deputies, for objecting to unconstitutional Christian prayers used to begin each session of the Hawaii State Legislature.

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Hughes was injured in the attack and was taken to the hospital for x-rays and treatment. Kahle was arrested and prosecuted, but was ultimately vindicated when Judge Leslie Hayashi found Kahle “NOT GUILTY” and ruled that: “The Senate’s [Christian] prayers violate the constitutional separation of church and state.”

“Capitol protestor found not guilty” – Hawaii News Now – Nov 25, 2010
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13569794

Hawaii Citizens for the Separation of State and Church

http://www.lava.net/~hcssc


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  • Hoover says:
    December 14, 2010 at 9:00 pm

    I hope that the people responsible for this atrocity of beating someone for CORRECTLY noting a violation of a law are sent to prison.

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