Dumb Lawsuits

There’s no lawsuit filed yet, but this one looks like it’s definitely headed to court. With the Super Bowl this weekend, something like this was in the works, but here we go…

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WRTV, The Indy Channel.com) — An Indianapolis church on Friday said it will defy the NFL’s demand that churches not use projectors to show the Super Bowl, saying it is taking “a stand for what’s right.”

Second Baptist Church, located 3705 Kessler Blvd. North Drive, will proceed with its plans to show the game Sunday — using a rear-projection TV screen — following an afternoon service, an assistant to the church’s senior pastor told 6News.

“The NFL implied that it has a problem with the venue and medium that local churches conduct ministry,” the senior pastor, the Rev. David Greene, said in a press release. “We want to save souls by any means necessary. Football, traditional service, street ministry — it doesn’t matter.

The problem isn’t that their showing the game, it’s that the screen they are using is too big. Since when is too big a bad thing in America? Big Gulps? Super Sized fries? Plus sized women? Did I just wake up in Bosnia?

The pastor of the church isn’t taking this lying down. He sent a letter to his congregation vowing to fight the NFL’s threats saying that bars allow people to watch the big game, why shouldn’t churches? Because watching a football game in a church is liking a frat party taking a road trip to the Vatican.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the group’s policy is to ban mass public viewings outside of the home, except for sports bars. Yeah, what a shame. The NFL doesn’t want a mass of people watching their products. And they wonder why Monday Night Football went off the air.