Judge Rules Against Santeria Animal Sacrifice


	Judge Rules Against Santeria Animal Sacrifice

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3-11-2008 8:43 PM

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A federal judge today ruled against a Santeria priest who challenged an animal slaughter ban.
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  Jose Merced says the ban interferes with his right to perform religious sacrifices in his Euless home.
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  At the end of the one-day trial, U.S. District Judge John McBryde said Euless was protecting the public's health by banning animal slaughtering in the city limits. He said Merced could do the rituals elsewhere.
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  Nearly two years ago, a Euless police officer and animal control officer went to Merced's house after receiving a tip that he was sacrificing goats. Merced said he would not sacrifice any animals at the ceremony, planned for the next day, but a month later tried to get a city permit for the ceremonies.
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  When Euless denied his request, Merced filed a federal lawsuit in late 2006, saying the city had infringed on his religious freedom.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3737CC3B-3D87-4A2E-BA99-5FC1849B3365/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>