…against the New Mexico priest who angered a family by his eulogy.
Nine relatives of former town councilman Ben Martinez had sued, saying that in the funeral eulogy, Mansfield called Martinez “lukewarm in his faith,” and that “the Lord vomited people like Ben out of his mouth to Hell.” As The New York Times columnist Peter Steinfels noted, the case had far-reaching implications.
Mansfield admitted quoting Revelation 3:16, but said his intent was to reproach the Martinez family for avoiding church—not to condemn the politician to hell.
“Sue Jesus Christ—he said it,” Mansfield had told The Washington Post. “Sue the Scriptures.”
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