Pay Up Or Go To Hell

Saying that putting the WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) logo at the top of their stationery "portrays the debtor as a sinner who is going to hell" and therefore violates the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, one debt collection agency is suing another and has filed a federal class action suit to force the removal of the logo. The agency using the logo is being defended by Matt Barber's Liberty Counsel.

Attorneys from Liberty Counsel, which is representing Bullseye, feel fairly confident that the case doesn’t have a leg to stand on. Harry Mihet, lead attorney stated: “They treat their customers with respect, with integrity and the way they would want to be treated. They listen to the debtors. They try to work out solutions for the problems they are facing. They even pray with the debtors over the phone sometimes in certain situations.” Mihet further states that “The only reason they put it there (WWJD) is they want the world to know they have adopted for themselves a code of conduct that goes above and beyond any federal law requirements to be civil and polite to debtors.”

Liberty Counsel: "Competitor businesses may not use the courts to crush their competition and press their intolerance of Christian viewpoints. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act forbids only religious slurs and insults, but does not prohibit courteous references to people of historical, philosophical or religious significance. Courts cannot be used to legitimize religious harassment."