Texas Beer Joint Sues Church

[Big N' Blue]

In Mt. Vernon , Texas , Drummond's Bar began construction on expansion of their
building to increase their business. In response, the local Baptist church
started a campaign to block the bar from expanding with petitions and prayers.
Work progressed right up until the week before the grand reopening when
lightning struck the bar and it burned to the ground.

After the bar burning to the ground by a lightning strike the church folks were
rather smug in their outlook, bragging about 'the power of prayer' until

the bar owner sued the church on the grounds that the church "was ultimately
responsible for the demise
of his building, either through direct or indirect actions or means".
In its reply to the court, the church vehemently denied all responsibility or
any connection to the building's demise. The judge read through the plaintiff's
complaint and the defendant's reply and

at the opening hearing, he commented,......
"I don't know how I'm going to decide this, but it appears from the paperwork
that we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer, and

an entire church congregation that now does not !!"
True Story.