Many Unification members have stayed silent
10 years during this schism out of respect and hope
that this religious dispute could be settled internally.
 
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
guarantees our right to freely exercise
our faith
without interference from the government.
Unfortunately, in 2018,
Judge Laura Cordero decided to
involve the DC Superior Court
in this religious matter, resulting
in the Court choosing winners and losers
in a religious schism.
Judge Cordero issued her ruling without
ever even meeting the defendants,
which included Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon
who is being wrongfully persecuted by the
Family Federation worldwide.
The court system is being misused
to impress one religion’s ways
upon another
By the Court involving themselves in the structure,
purpose and meaning of the group,
we are witnessing a gross overreach
of the judiciary. The DC Court
does not seem to understand
that the court system is being misused
by the Family Federation to resolve
a religious dispute. Over the last two years,
we have written letters to the DC
Courts, we have sent over 5,000
emails to the Commission overseeing
the judges.
However, we are speaking out today
because the DC judicial system
is indeed broken and is clearly in
need of reform.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Washington DC courts must be told
that the way they are handling this case
is a serious violation of religious freedom
and an act
of religious discrimination towards us all.
The Family Federation has a track record
of using the court systems around the world
to try to intimidate,
threaten and force submission of our group.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And now as we see, the District of Columbia,
the DC Superior Court they have disregarded
the First Amendment guarantees of the free
exercise of religion and decided
how a DC religious nonprofit,
UCI,
may use its resources.
rather than properly abstaining from making a
constitutionally protected
religious determination this overburdened
DC court summarily determined
the structure, meaning and purpose of this
religious group.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For defendants
and for all others who share the same religious belief
that Dr. Moon does, there was no
due process.
There was no trial by jury to consider the
issues, even though the facts were
highly disputed by both sides,
a judge can not unilaterally make
a decision on such deeply
theological issues.
The reality is that the same
drive to worship God
exists today, as it did
thousands years ago to those Hebrew people
who fought for the freedom to worship God
in their way.
This court case that we are dealing with right now
in terms of
of protesting the judgment that was passed down
is another one
among many of infringements
upon religious rights, the right
to believe.
Today we are seeing a repetition
of the persecution of the people of faith.
 
 
 
 
 
If Judge Cordero's ruling is allowed to stand
it will be the precedent
for any judge
to exercise a new authority
to deem what part of your faith
is correct and not or
not in the public interest
the implication for religious
freedom is vast
it opens the door for government not
God
to be the final arbiter
f the human conscience, the human soul
for this reason and more.
We urge that all people of faith
of every faith
who value religious freedom
demand that the court not overstep
its bounds in this case.
Judge Anderson, dismiss
the UCI court case now!
