Cultural and religious homogeneity I'm much more afraid of - it's the magic sauce that breeds this form of ignorance and insanity.
Moreover, I think it's been established that the reasons people give for decisions are generally rationalizations, and the decision itself was made beforehand through incompletely understood mechanisms.
(full disclosure: I'm a devout christian myself and what she describes is just about as anti-christian as you can get.)
(Edit: spelling and grammar)
(Edit2: In case the above was misunderstood the anti-christrian behaviour was on the part of Anthony the brother and those who joined him. Not on the part of Dave or the Articles author)
Tens of millions of people have died due to purely religious beliefs. I won't go into history (way too much to cover there), but even today people are driven into death because of religion. Thousands of people are suffering and eventually dying in Africa because the Catolic church has led them to believe that use of condoms are immoral. People are killed because they have the wrong religion. Even in America, a lot of people are shunned and/or driven to suicide due to either being gay or atheist.
BTW, I'm getting sick of the "he's not a Christian because he's not good"-trend. Being a Christian has nothing to do with what you do, it has to do with what you believe. You're a Christian if you professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ.
a "Science" that requires believing is by definition not a science, it is a religion.
This should allow you to cross the state jurisdiction bounds. Also with the civil suit you could start talking about taking away his property. That has a tendency to get people's attention.
Perhaps an attorney can weigh in. As I understand it, there is legal recourse available. But it'll take several months, and I don't offer that as a solution. She asked what to do instead of wait it out, and taking legal action of her own is the first thing I would do, even if I had to file the papers myself.
... or publishing my home address/real name online.
The world is full of crazy people.
http://saltydroid.info/naomi-dunfords-death-threats-and-hate.... (This is MeanSite2)
http://saltydroid.info/letter-to-two-dave-navarros/ more background
I stand behind my comment from the original post here. Her account was fictionalised to the point of not being recognisable. The other side of the story could have be its own fiction for all I care, but this isn't about a strong successful woman. It's about some fundie religious guy stalking his brother to prevent a divorce caused by allegedly falling into the "internet marketing lifestyle" that MeanSite2 rallies against.
Internet drama is a great way to relax at night.
Edit: And after upon further reflection this Dave Navarro fellow didn't like his life and found a new family unit online, which includes our heroine. Not agreeing with the fundie's methods (which do seem psychotic) but it does seem this guy ditched his family for the fast and furious world of internet marketing.
I'm not specifically familiar with Canadian law, but isn't its legal system descended from and greatly influences by English common law (well, except for Quebec)? There should be a few common law tort causes of action that would work here.
If I were Dave, I would post on a website "Please forgive my brother Anthony. He is mentally ill and unfortunately given the current laws, there is nothing I can do to help him."
