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February 9, 2010
Pastor to sue dating site over release of rude comments
Published: 22 Apr 09 15:09 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/19018/20090422/
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A Christian dating website which released details about a Swedish pastor’s offensive comments has been accused of violated the country’s data privacy laws.
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Nevertheless, he is still in danger of losing his position within the church, pending a ruling due to come later in the week.
"You look like a bearded lady," the pastor about one woman with whom he was chatting on the site, according to the Smålandsposten newspaper.
"You look really drab and dreary. You probably have to pay for sex," the elderly pastor reportedly wrote to another woman.
But in passing along the information to the pastor’s superiors, the operators of 7EHimlen broke Sweden’s data privacy laws, according to the Swedish Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen).
In a response to an inquiry from the pastor, the agency said he would be justified in seeking damages from the site’s operators.
The pastor confirmed for Smålandsposten that he plans to proceed with a damages claim against 7EHimlen.
Simon Widén, a part owner of the site, explained that he chose to report the matter because he was so upset by the pastor’s comments.
“Maybe I’ve broken the law, but from a moral standpoint, it feels justified,” he told the newspaper.
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[Ecclesiastes 9:7]
Bible in contradicting itself shocker.
He is also an idiot.
Don't believe anything written by Arab goat-herders out of their minds on mushrooms.
So 'kind'man? Was this person to be stoned?
You are a religious person who for whatever reason has no respect for one of the many other religion's source materials?
Whatever next? Star Trek fans hating on Star Wars fans?
Can wine, beer or cointreau(yes, I do love French boneless skin-on duck breast a L'Orange ma chérie) be used to cook?
God save my fjucked-up-butt-buddies soul!
However...
Oh dear, contrary to your response It would indeed appear as though your are in fact 'religious', Islamic, specifically.
Now this gets me to thinking that if you are willing to omit certain truths in relation to your personal belief system, your motive have been that might be that you wanted to use finesse in your prejudice against another religion's source material.
Well that's cleared that up then.
You're just another egocentric liar.
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