10 Years for Hovind

Well I was on the road all day yesterday so I missed the announcement, but Hovind, purveyor of lies, evander of taxes, corrupter of children and what now appears to be a scared man was sentenced to 10 years. I think this sums up the reason behind the conviction.

When handing down the sentence, Rodgers admonished those present the trial "is not and has never been about religion."The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld that churches are not exempt from paying employment taxes, she explained, and what happened was a result of Kent Hovind "refusing to accept what the law is."

Furthermore, Rodgers contended Kent Hovind had failed his fellow citizens and the men and women of the military -- who fight to defend his freedoms -- by refusing to pay taxes."With these rights and privileges comes a great responsibility and one of those responsibilities is to pay taxes," Rodgers said. [my emphasis]

The other terms of the sentence include:

-- Pay $640,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
-- Pay the prosecution's court costs of $7,078.
-- Serve three years parole once he is released from prison.

No matter how all of the self-described "persecuted" Christians want to spin it, this was about justice for a criminal, not about attacking religion.