I chuckled at Ritter, the creationist suing a Pennsylvania school district, but now I've actually seen formal legal complaint, and I'm not giggling anymore. It's more like the kind of roaring guffaw that would make Brian Blessed sound like a feeble titterer.
I don't think he had any legal counsel in drafting that. At least he took the time to retype it from the original draft, which was probably done in purple crayon on a Big Chief tablet. Does he even have standing in this case?
That's not a lawsuit anyone needs to worry about, except perhaps for Tom Ritter, who will at best be publicly embarrassed and at worst might have to pay some court costs.
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