Judge Sets Atheist Day

[AAR]

This was sent to me via e-mail. It's also posted on several
websites.

As far as I know, it's fiction, but we need judges like this!



In Florida, an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and
Passover holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination
case against Christians, Jews, and observances of their holy days.

The argument was it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized day
(s).

The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate
presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring,
'Case dismissed.'

The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, 'Your
honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have
Christmas, Easter, and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and
Hanukkah. Yet my client and all other atheists have no such
holidays.'

The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, 'But you do. Your
client, counsel, is woefully ignorant.' The lawyer said, 'Your Honor,
we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists.'

The judge said, 'The calendar says April 1st is 'April Fool's Day.'
Psalm 14:1 states 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.'
Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that if your client says there
is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day.

Court is adjourned

AAR