Germans Move to Ban Scientology

The Church of Scientology has long been under surveillance by the German government, which believes the cult encourages its members to cut off ties to non-Scientologist friends and family (it does) and otherwise infringes on its members' freedom (ditto). Now, Germany's interior ministers are pushing the government intelligence agency to compile the evidence that would allow them to declare Scientology unconstitutional and ban the cult country-wide. The spokeswoman for the German Church of Scientology says this is clearly a reaction against the increasing acceptance of "the true picture of what Scientology is about" in Europe, though all evidence shows that the Internet and television have proven a deadly blow to Scientology recruitment efforts. It's just too easy to find out about the whole evil alien warlord/blowing up Hawaiian volcanoes thing. Still, as idiotic as Scientology is, even Germans should have the right to blindly follow it if they want. That's what freedom is all about. More details here.