In Gasparoff v. Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania, (D AZ, Feb. 4, 2022), an Arizona federal district court dismissed a pro se complaint which attacked the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses regarding blood transfusions and asked the court "to determine if it is constitutional to use Amendment I in order to propagandize suicidal ideology under the guise of peaceful religious practice." The court said in part:
Plaintiff has no viable legal grounds to advance this case.... Federal Courts can not be arbiters of scriptural interpretation; controversies over religious principles fall outside this Court’s jurisdiction.... Furthermore, the Amended Complaint reflects that Plaintiff has no personal stake in this action, and therefore has no standing to litigate this case.
