Guest guest Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 At 11:07 AM 10/9/06, you wrote: >Dr Len Horowitz Press Release > > > > > >Tetrahedron Press > > > >Health Science Communications for People Around the World > >206 North 4th Avenue, Suite 147 ? Sandpoint, ID 83864 ? 208-265-2575 ? > >FAX: 208-265-2775 > > > > > >NEWS RELEASE > > > > > >Release: No. TB-10 > >Date Mailed: October 5, 2006 > > > >For Immediate Release > > > >Contact: Jackie Lindenbach-808/965-2112; tetra > > > >Hawaii Court Restrains Health Dept. TB Skin-Testing: Student Wins > >Religious Freedom and School Access > > > >Hilo, HI -A Judeo-Christian minister's daughter won her freedom to > >return to public school today by order of the Third Circuit Court of > >Hawaii after being expelled for more than a month. The 14-year-old was > >ordered to homeschool by health officials due to her family's religious > >conviction to abstain from TB skin testing and vaccinations. > > > >The restraining order, which has an immediate effect on the Dept. of > >Health and Dept. of Education in Hawaii, sends a message nationally. The > >final outcome of the case may set an American precedent as a victory for > >religious freedom and body sovereignty. > > > >Alena N. Horowitz, a straight " A " student, Varsity athlete, and author > >of a children's book extolling the virtues of love and natural healing, > >was effectively " quarantined " from Hilo High School in early September > >for failing to comply with the State's TB skin testing mandate. The > >expulsion violated several state and federal laws according to the > >meritorious complaint scheduled for preliminary hearing on October 12. > > > >Like Rowe vs. Wade, the outcome of this controversial action may set a > >national precedent restoring choice and religious freedoms increasingly > >violated or restricted nationally by health department officials that > >demand TB skin tests and vaccinations for employment or school > >admission. > > > >Two Hilo judges excused themselves for potential conflicts before Judge > >Elizabeth A. Strance ordered Dept. of Health officials and school > >administrators to cease harming the student while the case moves through > >the courts. > > > >The student " is sustaining immediate and irreparable injury, loss, > >damage and such would be continuing in nature by being kept from classes > >and activities, " Judge Strance wrote. " Said injury is irreparable given > >the nature of the educational process which requires timely completion > >of assignments and examinations, the increasing nature of the burden > >over time, the importance of attendance for full learning opportunity, > >and that there appears an inadequate remedy at law. " > > > > " It is further ordered that defendants desist and refrain from denying > >admission to Alena N. Horowitz to Hilo High School classroom and > >extracurricular activities, " the order stated. > > > >The court's decision may help determine how far health officials can go > >in curtailing civil rights and religious freedoms while administering to > >public health risks in an age of bioterrorism and threatened outbreaks. > > > >In Hawaii, TB skin testing has been mandatory only for secular students > >for a decade. This entire time authorities have misrepresented the > >threat of an outbreak, and claimed no religious exemptions exist for the > >TB test. To the contrary, state laws evidence allowable religious > >exemptions and, in fact, TB levels statewide have remained nearly the > >same low risk level since the legislation took effect in 1996. > > > > " If there truly was an imminent danger of a TB epidemic on the Big > >Island of Hawaii then officials are additionally negligent, " Dr. Leonard > >Horowitz, Alena's father said. " Health officials are required by law to > >provide weekly reports on a proclaimed outbreak, or lift their > >quarantines within 72 hours. We weren't given any notice, never anything > >in writing, and their quarantine has been illegally in effect for more > >than a month. " > > > >Alena was certified " TB free " by her medical doctor last spring, but was > >forced from school anyway by Hilo, Hawaii's Health Department Director, > >Judy Akamine because of the lacking TB test. Akamine disallowed all > >possible alternatives to the skin test including chest x-rays, sputum > >analysis, and a new blood test deemed superior by federal authorities. > >According to the family's attorneys, Akamine's actions violated several > >state and federal laws by denying the student's boni fide religious > >exemption from the test. The test is obviously a form of " medical > >examination; " legally considered an " immunization " by the State's clear > >definitions. Both require health officials to honor religious exemptions > >according to a half dozen State laws. > > > >Akamine and other officials had routinely claimed that TB skin testing > >was not an " immunization, " but a careful review of their own > > " Administrative Rules " book evidences otherwise. The plantiffs' > >attorneys say that officials misrepresented clear definitions, were > >grossly negligence in dishonoring legislated religious rights, and > >criminally liable for breaking laws considered a felony under State > >statutes. > > > >Akamine rejected the Administrative Rules governing health officials' > >behavior when Dr. Horowitz brought these laws to her attention. She told > >him she didn't understand the laws, and then referred the matter to the > >State's attorney general's office. There the decision was made to force > >the teen's home schooling. > > > > " This is a great civics lesson for Alena and our community, " said > >plaintiffs' attorney Gary Zamber of North Hilo " I'm very proud of Alena > >for standing up for her rights and for those who may be persecuted in > >the future for holding different religious convictions. She is also > >serving to bring justice to those who have disrespected the body temple > >as a sovereign. " > > > >Dr. Horowitz, the Overseer of The Royal Bloodline of David ministry, has > >been at the forefront of defending religious freedom internationally > >from the threat of " genocidal contaminations " from vaccinations. His > >website www.DrLenHorowitz.com, offers a controversial view of > >vaccinations that have been linked to many new diseases, and articles > >written for the ecclesiastic community including one entitled, " What > >Jesus and Moses Would Say and Do About Vaccinations. " > > > >Horowitz's family involvement in this case he says, " obviously came by > >Divine appointment. " Someone with his credentials was needed to " take > >these devil-doers to task, " he said, referring to his doctorate in > >medical dentistry from Tufts University and a Master of Public Health > >Degree from Harvard. " Intelligence is needed to stand up for sanity in > >public health policy, particularly since autocrats are violating state, > >federal, and Biblical laws. " > >. > >The expulsion caused Alena to be targeted with substantial persecution > >as evidenced on the Hawaii Herald-Tribune's top Blog. > > > > " When I asked to get my homework from my teachers the vice principle > >told me that the problem was my religion was keeping me from going to > >school, " Alena said. She was then told that principal Robert Dircks > >would need to approve of way in which she got her assignments since she > >was not even allowed to step foot on school property. > > > > " When I confronted Dircks about this deplorable treatment he said this > >problem should not have happened, homework assignments should have been > >readily available, and that he would investigate why Alena had been > >misinformed, " Dr. Horowitz said. > > > >The court order for Alena to return to school " is a fine example of how > >the legal system can work to resolve disputes, " attorney Zamber said. > > " This case may lead everyone to recognize religious exemptions to > >medical examinations and " immunizations " including TB skin testing is a > >constitutional right, not a privilege to be carelessly overlooked by > >health officials. " > > > >Too often parents have been coerced into accepting unwanted procedures > >based on lacking awareness of the law. " There is a strong individual > >right to privacy, liberty, and religious expression, " Zamber explained. > > " Our eternal vigilance is the price we all must pay for our > >constitutional freedoms. " > >-end - > > > >Note to journalists: For interviews on this topic, or copies of the > >complaint, contact Alena and Dr.Horowitz at 808-965-2112. To contact > >Judy Akamine call 808-974-6025. Attorney Zamber's number is > >808-962-0025. Permission to circulate and reprint this article is > >granted by Tetrahedron Publishing Group, 206N. 4th Avenue, Suite 147, > >Sandpoint, ID 83864, http://www.tetrahedron.org > > > > ****** Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky http://www.thehavens.com/ thehavens 606-376-3363 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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