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Supremacist Church Name Change
By Associated Press
July 26, 2002, 7:18 AM EDT
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-brf-racist-church0726jul26.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dnationworld%2Dheadlines
CHICAGO — The white supremacist group World Church of the Creator may have to change its name.
A federal appeals court in Chicago ruled Thursday that the name violates the trademark of another church in Oregon.
The TE-TA-MA Truth Foundation, which operates the Oregon-based Church of the Creator, sued Matthew Hale’s East Peoria-based group two years ago arguing that the similar names confuse people.
The Oregon group said its message is one of love and respect.
A federal judge sided with Hale in February. But the 7th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that decision Thursday.
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