Virginia Statute Trial Begins To Day

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[Stand Firm] 28 May 2008--A Civil War-era law being used to allow a group of conservative Episcopalians to desert the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia with millions of dollars worth of property is on trial today at the Fairfax County courthouse.

Attorneys for the diocese and the national Episcopal Church, along with representatives of other mainline denominations, will argue that Virginia's 1867 "division statute" is unconstitutional.