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BREAKING NEWS...
Due to repeated efforts by extremist Televangelists to attempt to corece The Lone Alliance government into converting to a Christian Theocracy and due to a mass of corruption charges against several local Televangelists. Public outcry lead to the Council of Twenty Taking action.

By a 14 to 6 vote the council of Twenty passed a law banning all Televangelism until current investigations of corruption. Attempts to subvert the Government are also to be investiagted. Upon the after effects of this law 7 Televangelists were arrested after they illegally hjacked National Television and demanded overthrow of the government, They have been charged with sedition, which carries a penalty of either 10 to 20 years in prison, or death by firing squad.

A national poll on the subject revealed that 47% of the population had no problem with the verdict, 21% believed that it was a harsh but fair ruling, 17% believe that it an affront to free speech and religious freedom, 8% were undecided and 7% stated that it was an act of pure evil. Televangelism is only popular with around 14% of the population. That is all for Breaking news on LAN.

“...today, speaking upon the deck of the USS Ronald Ernest Paul superdreodnaught, President Alexander Kazansky condemned the actions of The Lone Alliance government. He mentioned that 'any televangelists or their followers from the TLA will be given refugee status in Allanea should they apply for it.... we cannot tolerate this level of injustice...' “

The Kiravian Emperor Irasur Seawind condemned the actions against freedom of speech and religion in the Lone Alliance, and offered visas to televangelists and their families to live in the Empire for up to three years, with possibility of extension.

The Government of the Republic of Parilisa supports the actions of the Lone Alliance as a temporary solution, but urges speed concerning "investigations of corruption".

Official Comminique Of The United Socialist Catholic States Of Corlandian

Shared Ambition…Shared Religion…Shared Prosperity

Friends of the Lone Alliance,

The holy government of the USSCSC was happy to learn of your recent decision to ban Televangelists from the airwaves. These heretical heathens have been a problem throughout the world for far too long, and their cheap imitation of the one, true Catholic and Apostolic Church that they propagate through false interpretations of the Holy Text has been a problem that the USSCSC worked long ago to stamp out. The USSCSC, which thus has experience in taking legal rights away from these dangerous heretics, will offer any advice or military patrols to the Lone Alliance to stamp out these Protestant heathens.

Fr. Hans-Heinrich Steigelbauer
Ambassador for the United Socialist Catholic States of Corlandian

Hi, I'm Ashley Holder, here with breaking news from the Senate floor. Let's get right to Brooke Berkley at the Senate floor to hear what's going on. Brooke?

Yes, Ashley, upon hearing that The Lone Alliance has passed a bill assuring the arrest of televangelists nationwide, a small Senate panel has been working on a response. Although that official response is not out yet, it has been confirmed that the panel intends to show support for The Lone Alliance's actions. To many, this may come as a shock, since the overwhelming majority of Sniper Country is devoutly Christian, but under the circumstances shown by the Alliance, support is duly shown. Citing that no group, be it Fundamentalist Christian or Muslim or Hindu or Satanic or anything else for that matter, should make any attempt or call for an overthrowing of the government in place, the Senate panel intends to reaffirm the actions of the Alliance. However, they will encourage the Alliance to take measures that will ensure that these men and women will not face the death penalty. Ashley?

Thank you so much, Brooke. And we'll be back to you with more updates as they become available on this situation brewing between The Lone Alliance and pink-haired televangelists. I'm Ashley Holder, reporting for SCNN. Have a wonderful morning!

[B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"][COLOR="Yellow"][FONT="Century Gothic"]Official Comminique Of The United Socialist Catholic States Of Corlandian

Friends of the Lone Alliance,

The holy government of the USSCSC was happy to learn of your recent decision to ban Televangelists from the airwaves. These heretical heathens have been a problem throughout the world for far too long, and their cheap imitation of the one, true Catholic and Apostolic Church that they propagate through false interpretations of the Holy Text has been a problem that the USSCSC worked long ago to stamp out. The USSCSC, which thus has experience in taking legal rights away from these dangerous heretics, will offer any advice or military patrols to the Lone Alliance to stamp out these Protestant heathens.

Fr. Hans-Heinrich Steigelbauer
Ambassador for the United Socialist Catholic States of Corlandian

The Republic of Parilisa wishes it to be known that, though it supports the temporary actions of the Lone Alliance, it shall not participate in any form of aid etc. if the USSCSC takes any action in assistance of the Alliance. Although the Republic is an open minded nation, wherein all religions are allowed to practise freely, it shall not in any conflict take the same side as a nation such as the USSCSC, which seems to have the intention of revivng a modern day Inquisition. The Republic of Parilisa stands for the values of freedom and equality, and therefore will not, at this time, ally with this extremist nation.

The Prime Minister of Parilisa wishes to state that no offence is intended upon the part of the USSCSC, and that he only intends to make clear the viewpoint of his government.

OOC: Do you mind if I use some of this material to mesh with my own roleplay of a civil war?

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Ok, thanks, I have something up within the hour.

Federal Republic of the Echo Islands
Office of the President
Esteban Valdez

TO: The Lone Alliance
RE: Televangelist Ban
DATE: 28 July 2009

The Federal Republic of the Echo Islands hereby echoes the Kiravian condemnation of this violation of free speech and freedom of religion by the Lone Alliance's government. We demand that the Televangelists be freed or deported to another nation. We would be glad to accept them.

Signed,


Esteban Valdez

OOC: Will the Lone Alliance issue an update or reply to any of the posts by other nations?

The Government of the Serene Republic of Fokion would like to go on the record and commend the Lone Alliance for its strong stand against the tyranny of evangelical and reformist Christianity.

For too long governments have been forced to sit by as these theocrats have blasted their rule, calling for their powerful followers to rise up against the government. The time has come to put an end to such nonsense, and crush the evangelical Christian movement once and for all.

Your Friend,

Andre Bigels

Broadcasting Company of Fokion

"Hello, I am Roger Mudd, and tonight from the news desk comes some alarming stories straight out of the capital Metaire itself. The island is full of fire and rioting after the President released an anti-Protestant message to the nation of the Lone Alliance in regards to it's banning of televangalism. The Protestant community, many of whom are already infuriated with Bigel's actions on the mainland regarding the drought, have taken to the streets, attacking Catholic and Muslim stores throughout the city. We have recieved word of the sacking of Mosque in south Metaire, and police have been deployed alongside members of the Army to protect Mosques and Cathedrals from the angry masses. We will now go to Kerry in the field with more."

A gorgeous woman showed up on the camera, behind her was the sights of massive rioting and chaos, as the longtime oppressed Protestants overturned cars and broke windows to loot out stores.

"There is nothing but bedlam down here in south Metaire, where the majority of the Protestant community calls home. They have been rioting for six hours now, with no response from the police, who have adopted a policy of containment, as they are attempting to keep the rioting confined to the majority Protestant portions of the city, and focused on protection of influential Catholic and Muslim neighborhoods."

Kerry ducks just as a molotov cocktail wizzes by her head. Out of the background viewers can hear someone yell, "REPORT THIS TO THOSE RICH BASTARDS!" as the cameraman is hit by a rock and falls over, breaking the camera and ending the transmission.

This is where my post is at. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=561759)

-LAN-
UPDATE

The names of the Seven have been release to the public, as well as a list of their charges.

1.Melbourne Gutenberg: 1 Count Sedition and 4 counts attempting to incite a hate crime. Has pleaded Not guilty.
2.Larry Jones: 1 Count Sedition, 2 Counts attempting to incite hate crimes, and 871 Counts of mail fraud. Has pleaded Not Guilty.
3.Dave Frederickson:1 Count Sedition, 6 Counts of attempting to incite hate crimes, 48
4.Billy(AKA "Abraham") Hanover: 1 Count Sedition, 1 Count of attempting to plan a terrorist attack, 1 Count Treason, 215 Counts Fraud, 4 Counts of Corrupting a Minor.
His Lawyer has entered a plea of Not Guilty by Reason of insanity.
5.Charlie's Lee: 1 Count Sedition, 7 Counts Fraud. Pled Guilty on conditions.
6.Akira Dredd: 1 Count Sedition, 4 Counts Fraud, 2 Counts of selling stolen property. Pled Not Guilty
7.Paul Thiesen: 1 Count Sedition, 4 Counts Fraud, 2 Counts possession of stolen property. Pled Not Guilty.

The trial will begin upon decision by the courts.

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In related News The Department of International Equality addressed issues by other nations today. Several offical statments have been released as well as an informal memo on Sniper country stating that the death penalty is a last resort option and most likey will not be even on the table in sentencing.


Message to Allanea :
Perhaps Alexander Kazansky likes having people planning treason and assassination against him, perhaps they love rampart corruption, we don't know, however we will pass on this statement to these followers.

Message to Kirav:
Seriously feel free to take them, we will let them know, however the 7 cannot be sent away until conclusion of their trial.

Message to Parilisa:
The Lone Alliance agrees to the statements by Parilisa and will make every effort to get this investigation over as quickly as possible. And that they will not have to worry about any intervention of other religious groups.

In regard to Corlandian, the statement was.
Thank you for providing you nation's view points on the incident at hand.
We will have no need of assistance, we somewhat thank you for your offer however.

Response to The Federal Republic of the Echo Islands:
This is only a short term measure pending investigation of corruption in the actions of Televangelists. And we cannot release the accused until after they stand trial.

To the Serene Republic of Fokion:
We thank you for your support, in the past our evangelists have been in on attempts to cause supression of rights and life in The Lone Alliance through a form of Religious Neo-Fascism, and many have continued that idealogy ever since. We understand the risk of deranged Fundimentalists. If there is any assistance needed, we will be glad to come to your aid.

The government of Salzland feels that the right of the people to free speech and uninhibited (within reason) religious practices (even if somewhat heretical) far trump those of the state. We join in the condemnation of The Lone Alliance's actions, and call for the immediate release or deportation of these political prisoners.

Were allegations of corruption justified by lawfully-obtained evidence to be the sole motivation for these detentions we would accept them as just, but Salzland will not allow this travesty of justice to occur without at least speaking out against it.

We thank the lone alliance for allowing us to accept the televangelists into our borders.

Further, we thank the Federal Republic of the Echo Islands for their support.

The Republic of Parilisa wishes to state that in the interests of speeding up the inquiry it shall give any necessary aid to the Government of the Lone Alliance, in whatever way or form is required.

Bump to let you know I will post tomorrow.

-LAN UPDATE-
After two days of deliberation a verdict has been reached on several major cases. In a small act of noblity, most of the sedition charges were dropped by the Government.

Melbourne Gutenberg was found guilty of 4 counts of hate crimes and has been ordered to pay 28,000 Credits, he is eligable to leave the country at the conclusion of said payment.

Larry Jones was convicted on mail fraud and has been sentenced to 2 years in Federal medium security prison and will be fined to pay back those conned.

Dave Frederickson was convicted on 6 counts of hate crime and has been sentenced to pay 42,000 credits, he is eligable to leave the country at the conclusion of said payment.

Billy(AKA "Abraham") Hanover's trial has been set back due to new evidence as well as heavy civil unrest from his followers.

Charlie's Lee: Was sentenced to pay 50,000 and will be staying in the nation.

Akira Dredd was convicted of 4 counts of fraud has been sentenced to be interned in a minimum security prision for 6 months and ordered to pay repretations. Has shown remorse, will not be leaving the nation.

Paul Thiesen was found not guilty of fraud but was found guilty pf the charges for recieving stolen property. Was ordered to give the items back as well the cost of the items to the original owners and told not to do it again.
Will be staying in the nation.

-LAN BREAKING NEWS-
Jail break! Religious fanatics attack and free sect leader at the cost of many lives.

Sometime around 4 AM this morning, an assault by followers of Billy Hanover left 3 officers dead, 12 officers wounded, 2 prisoners dead and 3 prisoners wounded. Several dozen followers assaulted the complex with assault rifles and a carbomb opened fire upon several guards while another group entered the actual prison and freed their cult leader. Several prisoners, most serving time for breaking and entering or gang related activity, engaged the armed fanatics, killing two at the loss of 2 members, 4 more cult members were brought down by cops. All wounded attackers commited sucide upon capture. After fleeing the scene the attackers have been assumed to be heading north to the Abraham complex that is the HQ of the small sect.

Due to the heroic actions of several of the prisoners, a government pardon will be expected to be given to them.

The government response stated that "The Abraham Sect have been declared traitors and terrorists to the nation, we will do anything in our power to stop these terrorists from commiting anymore acts against our nation.

Hi, for SCNN, I'm Ashley Holder here with your evening news brief.

As an update on the story we brought to you a few days ago about the arrest of several televangelists in The Lone Alliance, we are happy to inform that all of the charges of sedition brought against the suspects have been dropped, with most of the men serving minimal jail time and paying a few hefty fines. However, in one instance, the followers of one televangelist, Billy "Abraham" Hanover, raided the prison in which he was being held, freeing him from custody. The engagement resulted in the deaths of five officers and prisoners, as well as fifteen wounded. Several of the prisoners fought back at the raiders, and as a result, the Alliance is expected to grant them various pardons for their actions. Hanover and his followers have supposedly fled to the sect's compound, where many expect a rather brutal showdown to follow between police and the sect. The Senate has shown avowed support for the Alliance's actions, and is expected to continue to do so. Senator Tess Ocea commented:

The Senate will continue to show support for the Alliance and their actions. They showed us a great deal in dropping the sedition charges filed against these men, and we therefore encourage the Alliance to take whatever necessary means to bring this sect and its leader to justice following the deaths and injuries of so many. Furthermore, the Senate is ready to provide whatever necessary assistance the Alliance may request, although we are quite sure they have the situation under control. We wish the families of those both killed and wounded our deepest sympathies and prayers, and urge the government of The Lone Alliance to deal with this sect problem as swiftly as possible. It's these whack-jobs that give Christians the bad name we have.

Well said, Senator. For your evening news brief, I'm Ashley Holder. Have a great night!

We are pleased by the results of the trials of the televangelists, and the Immigration Authority shall be contacting those that are, at whatever time, permitted to leave the country shortly.

We are, however, quite dissappointed in the followers of Billy Hanover, and must second the SC Senate's response in that regard. These whakjobs, quite a lovely word, really, are indeed why Christianity has been given such a bad name. Followers of Sèr Hanover are hereby barred from entry into the Empire.

IC:

The Crookfur intelligence agencies have passed on a warning to thier Alliance counter parts concerning an individual belived to be Billy Hanover's Nephew.

This indivdiual, code named Postal Dude, is described as being of moderate height,wearing dark clothing including an "alien head" t-shirt and black trench coat (other possible guises include a leather "gimp suit" and police uniforms). Th e indivdiual has also been known to sport black sun glasses and goatie beard.

This indivdiual is wanted in connection to several hundred murders, home invasions and major outrages including a running gun battle with former child star Garry Coleman inside a major shoppign centre.

It is belived that the Postal Dude is trying to reach his uncle's compound in order to deliver a "birthday present", details of which are unknown.

OOC:

Cue obligatory Postal 2 refference in response to the mention of a seige featuring a whacko christian compound.

Lone Alliance News
BREAKING NEWS...
Due to repeated efforts by extremist Televangelists to attempt to corece The Lone Alliance government into converting to a Christian Theocracy and due to a mass of corruption charges against several local Televangelists. Public outcry lead to the Council of Twenty Taking action.

By a 14 to 6 vote the council of Twenty passed a law banning all Televangelism until current investigations of corruption. Attempts to subvert the Government are also to be investiagted. Upon the after effects of this law 7 Televangelists were arrested after they illegally hjacked National Television and demanded overthrow of the government, They have been charged with sedition, which carries a penalty of either 10 to 20 years in prison, or death by firing squad.

A national poll on the subject revealed that 47% of the population had no problem with the verdict, 21% believed that it was a harsh but fair ruling, 17% believe that it an affront to free speech and religious freedom, 8% were undecided and 7% stated that it was an act of pure evil. Televangelism is only popular with around 14% of the population. That is all for Breaking news on LAN.

The Free Minds alliance shall look into this matter. We have sent FMA investigators to investigate the matter so that we can act accordingly later on.

-LAN Update-
TLA Military Police, National Guard, and several National Agencies have located Billy Hanover's base of operations after several days of scouting. The complex appears to be set in a large mountain side and is apparently protected at the surface by a fortress like building. All attempts at communications have been replied with nothing more than repeative swearing. With no choice, the military has been authorized to assault the building within 16 hours.



-Message to the Crookfur Intellegence Agency-
We were suprised to learn of this, as we recently had a rash of carnage in a small town nearby, we however had merely thought of it as being an attempt to set a record number of Darwin awards, as it was perhaps the stupidest town in our nation. We thank you for these alerts.

Message to the Free Minds Alliance:
Feel free to send whomever.