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Whether you believe Scientology is a
religion or not, it doesn’t matter. They tried to put it
on trial. And a religion is something that is very very
easy to put on trial. If I was to tell you that there is
a man who agrees to take vow of celibacy, and a vow of
poverty, a vow of celibacy and a vow of poverty for the
rest of his life, I could make him look pretty silly,
couldn’t I? We all know that’s a Catholic Priest, don’t
we. I am not trying to equate any religion together. I
am not trying to be sanctimonious. It doesn’t matter.
The people who believe that, have a right to believe
that, whether you agree with it or not.

People that believe in Judaism have a
right to believe in that. People that believe in
Scientology have a right to believe in it. Mr. Minton
has a right to get the word out, but he doesn’t have a
right to break the law.

What I want you do to is go back there and
talk about it. You already know the contentious nature
between the parties, but look at what happened that
night. Who is provoking who? Who is telling him to go
home? Mr. Howd wants him to go home. These people want
to go in for the night. It’s 10:30 on Sunday night. Who

was provoking who?

Mr. de Vlaming would like to substitute