OKLAHOMA
STATE COURT

(July 15, 1993), Tulsa County, in the case of Crowley, Gaines and Ries v. Tltn., District Judge Robert J. Scott granted the defendants summary judgement, stating:

Initially Christianity was taught by Christ. He then taught disciples who went out over the world to teach others. This process has spread to a major world body of believers. Religion should be permitted to use contemporary means to communicate religious messages in the form of TV appeal to mass audiences, follow-up communication by computerized mailing designed to convert and symbolic tokens to cause response to the messages.

The context of the message is belief, and the freedom for belief is absolute. When a minister or a church urges one to take certain actions based upon a representation that God will act toward that person in positive and rewarding ways, they are entitled to absolute protection as a belief.4072