There’s an idiot suing God. What, you didn’t hear? Of course you didn’t. I mean, if you looked at the weirdo sites I do, you did, and maybe if you caught the “strange news” blurbs on the major sites you did, but chances are you missed it.

Here’s the case in a nutshell:

LINCOLN, Neb. - The defendant in a state senator’s lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and threatening to cause more still. He can be sued in Douglas County, the legislator claims, because He’s everywhere.

State Sen. Ernie Chambers sued God last week. Angered by another lawsuit he considers frivolous, Chambers says he’s trying to make the point that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody.
Chambers says in his lawsuit that God has made terrorist threats against the senator and his constituents, inspired fear and caused “widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth’s inhabitants.”

The Omaha senator, who skips morning prayers during the legislative session and often criticizes Christians, also says God has caused “fearsome floods … horrendous hurricanes, terrifying tornadoes.”
He’s seeking a permanent injunction against the Almighty.

So while on the taxpayer’s dollar, Mr. Chambers tries desperately to get some attention for himself by suing God. That’s fine, I guess if you aren’t being paid to, you know, legislate, but hey… It’s Ernie Chambers.

But just who is Ernie Chambers? I had never heard of the guy before, so I decided to do some research seeing as aside from the lawsuit and the fact that he’s a “fixture” in Nebraska politics, details of the guy are just not there. Turns out, the guy is a certifiable kook with some great ideas if you’re a white southerner in the era of Jim Crow (Ernie Chambers is black):

In April 2006, Chambers introduced an amendment to a bill (LB 1024) that would divide the Omaha Public Schools district into three different districts. Supporters say this would help provide more localized control for African Americans and Hispanics. This issue has divided the state. Chambers states that the issue has “thrown white people into a tizzy.” The bill has received national attention and critics refer to it as “state-sponsored segregation”

Critics refer to it as “state sponsored segregation?” Er, if you aren’t a critic what would you call racially dividing schools? Diversity divestment?

I guess if this crazy old man suddenly has a coronary (and no, that’s not a Julianne Malveaux reference) we’ll know just how God felt about this whole lawsuit.