Sylvia Driskell: Nebraska woman files lawsuit against every gay person in the world
Resident of Auburn asks judge to declare that homosexuality is a sin
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Your support makes all the difference.The town of Auburn, Nebraska, population 3,385, is poised to become a footnote to US legal history after one of its residents filed a lawsuit against all the world’s gay people and asked a federal judge to rule that homosexuality is a sin.
In a seven-page, handwritten filing, Sylvia Driskell claimed to be an ambassador of God and said she was disappointed that Nebraska had become “compliant in the lewd behaviour of some people”.
“Homosexuality is a sin and... homosexuals know it is a sin to live a life of homosexuality. Why else would they have been hiding in the closet,” she wrote, according to the Omaha World-Herald newspaper.
Ms Driskell, who quotes the bible in her suit, could not be contacted on Wednesday. An official at the US District Court told The Independent that the case had been assigned to Judge John Gerrard. It would be up to him to decide how or whether to proceed with the case.
“The woman does not have an attorney and she has not asked for an attorney,” said the official, who asked not to be named. “The process might take some time.”
Ms Driskell finished her suit by stating: “It is because of the lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassion fails not.”
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