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Published on Monday 17th March 2008
About 40 people wearing masks and birthday party hats gathered Saturday afternoon to protest the Battle Creek Church of Scientology.
It was conducted Saturday in concurrance with worldwide protests around Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s March 13 birthday.
One Battle Creek man was arrested for wearing a mask and defying a police officer.
Source: The Battlecreek Inquirer
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Published on Thursday 13th March 2008
Several people who claimed to be either members of Anonymous or agree with their views told the Enquirer the group is non-violent and they believe the threats were made by the church.
“I think it is a fake threat by the Scientologists to discredit their critics,” said Tony Meman, 27, of Lansing.
Mike Delaware, minister of the Battle Creek church, said while the local office has had prank phone calls since January, they had no problems today.
Source: The Battle Creek Enquirer
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Published on Monday 25th February 2008
Mutchler, president of the Western Michigan chapter of the Michigan Psychiatric Society, had not heard about the event, but she has encountered pickets at conventions and once en route to a meeting in Atlanta listened to an anti-psychiatry rant by a cab driver who was a Scientologist.
“I had no idea people thought we did harm,” she said. “All I can do is go back to the research we have that shows it’s solid science.”
Source: The Grand Rapids Press
