"Jesus saves" case

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The roof text in its original version (2009)

The "Jesus saves" case was a Dutch lawsuit between Joop van Ooijen and Giessenlanden municipality.

Van Ooijen initially had a banner with the text "Jezus leeft" [1] on his property but to make the message visible from a nearby highway he painted "JEZUS REDT" (Jesus Saves) on the roof of his farmstead. [2] Giessenlanden municipality demanded he remove the text to comply with the "Woningwet" [3] on pain of a fine. [4] Eventually Van Ooijen went to the Council of State, claiming his religious freedom was threatened. The council ruled against him so he decided to go to the European Court of Human Rights. [4] [5] [6]

The lawsuit became very famous in the Netherlands. [7] Dakevangelist [8] became the third most popular word in the Van Dale's election for the lifestyle word of the year. [9] Van Ooijen later led the political party Jezus Leeft. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Jesus lives
  2. ↑ "'Achterkamertjesgeloof zonder benul'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  3. ↑ Translated: "House law" or "Housing law"
  4. 1 2 Ramesar, Perdiep (2010-07-16). "'Jezus redt op het dak mag, alleen niet zo groot'". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  5. ↑ "Zaak-Jezus redt naar Europees Hof | Nederlands Dagblad". www.nd.nl. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  6. ↑ "Raad van State buigt zich over tekst 'Jezus Redt'". Rijnmond (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  7. ↑ KleinJan, Gerrit-Jan (2010-12-31). "Dakevangelist: 'Ik wil dat Jezus een bekende Nederlander wordt'". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  8. ↑ Translated:"Roof evangelical"
  9. ↑ "Van Dale - Woord van het Jaar 2010". 2011-07-24. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  10. ↑ "Jezus Leeft wil meedoen aan verkiezingen". NU (in Dutch). 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
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