the coercive covenants, notarized, that Homestead foists on new members

[Steven Avery]

Facebook - Homestead Heritage Contacts
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Hi Friends!

Here is a document where you are supposed to sign away your legal rights!

And keep quiet about wrong-doing, in public, now and forever!

Notarized!

"relinquishing certain secular rights"

Would this document really stand up to legal challenge and scrutiny?

I'll share more on it, planned tomorrow.

This is p. 4, the signee page.

Steven

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The key section to be notarized:|
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I have read and understand the above Resolutions on the Limits of the Use of the Authority of External Compulsion. I have carefully considered the fact that I am relinquishing certain secular legal rights listed above and below for the consideration of being accepted into associate or membership status of this church. Any questions or reservations that I may have, I have fully discussed and resolved in my mind and heart. Therefore, I,_________________________ voluntarily and eagerly agree to the above waiver of my rights to publicize any dispute I may have or ever will have with this church or any of its members and voluntarily and eagerly agree to the above waiver of my right to ever sue this church or any of its members.
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The key phrase is here:
voluntarily and eagerly agree to the above waiver of my rights to publicize any dispute I may have or ever will have with this church or any of its members and voluntarily and eagerly agree to the above waiver of my right to ever sue this church or any of its members.
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[Steven Avery]

Church Membership Covenants – Legal Contracts that are NOT Biblical! | The Wartburg Watch 2024

An Attorney wrote:

An Attorney on Wed Apr 19, 2017 at 10:56 PM said:

“Covenant” is another word for “contract”. Most church covenants are very one sided documents in that all power or authority is given to church leadership. Keep in mind that in most churches, the appearance of “church” having authority or taking action is operationalized by “leadership” having authority or taking action, and “leadership” is almost always the pastor.
Never sign one! If you have, send a certified letter return receipt requested to the church saying that as of the date they receive the letter, you are no longer a member of the church, and any attempt to contact you or otherwise involve you in that church, or interfere with you attending another church will result in legal action.

However, courts are extremely reluctant to say that a church covenant can be enforced on a person who chooses to leave. Churches are treated in law as voluntary associations, and members have a right to be leave, regardless of the covenant. The issue is what the church may do after you leave, which is why the departure letter may be necessary and may provide grounds to sue the church if they disparage a departed member.