Trevor Blake: "For Religious Purposes"
WSOC: Shannon Whisnant found a human foot inside a cooker he bought at an auction. Police say Mini Warehouse Rentals held the auction because the man renting the storage unit didn’t pay. Police discovered that man had his foot amputated in 2004 after a plane crash, and he kept it in the cooker that was sold on Tuesday. Whisnant said he hasn’t decided what to do with the cooker. Police say you can legally keep amputated body parts as long as it’s for religious purposes.
Hickory Daily Record: It is legal to keep amputated body parts as long as it’s for religious reasons, police say.
WYFF: Officials said that it is not illegal to keep body parts as long as it is for religious purposes.
49 ABC News: Police say it is legal to keep amputated body parts if it is for religious purposes.
[Articles continue at link. If keeping an amputated body part is legal as long as it is for religious purposes, would a court forbid an atheist from owning his or her amputated body parts? What about someone keeping their amputated body part for aesthetic reasons? Why does superstition get a free ride when reason and art do not? - Trevor Blake]
