[Magdalen] Fort Worth

[Grace Cangialosi]

Oh gosh, Ginga, I didn't realize your case was still going on! I thought
Virginia's case was a long time being settled.  Why do I get the impression
that these fights are more about property and ego than about doctrine or
even Gospel?

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 8:17 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> In comparing with South Carolina, there are similarities.  And, a clear
> difference here is that TX case announced today was a state Supreme Court
> decision.  In August 2017, South Carolina Supreme Court decided in favor of
> TEC and referred the case back to the lower court.  The judge appointed to
> enact the decision of the higher court.  The Lawrence church appealed to
> the US Supreme Court but they did not even respond to the case which sent
> it back to the lower court in SC.  Unless SC elects Democrats to the
> legislature, this case will go no where because the state legislators
> appoint the judges.  A tangled web.
>
> Ginga
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 8:10 PM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> > This situation reminds me of South Carolina. The State courts sided with
> > the breakaway group. At least there the State Supreme Court decided in
> > favour of the Episcopal Church and Diocese and remitted it for their
> > decision to be implemented. The Judge charged with doing that has not
> > been diligent in doing so.  The federal courts in the SC case have
> > decided that the breakaway group breached trademark legislation in
> > presenting as the authentic Diocese. I notice also, but don't claim to
> > know the implications, that SCOTUS has recently decided that cases in
> > state courts don't need to be determined before a case is presented in
> > federal court.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > On 23/05/2020 00:42, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> > > Well, that crash you heard was my jaw hitting the floor just now!  the
> > > Texas Supreme Court has ruled that the breakaway group is entitled to
> all
> > > of the property of the real Diocese of Fort Worth, even thouh that
> > > breakaway group is no longer part of the Episcopal Church.  I simply
> > cannot
> > > get my head around the idea that this is any way fair or that it makes
> > any
> > > sense.
> > > If I decide to quit my job because I disagree with my boss, I'm free to
> > > leave, but I can't expect to be  able to take the office furniture with
> > me!
> > >
> > > I guess now they'll all head to the US Supreme Court.
> > >
> >
> >
>


-- 
Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

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