Scientologists Ready to Protest
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Dozens of buses carrying Church of Scientology protesters left for Salem today for a march on the state Capitol and a rally against a jury’s $39-million fraud award to an ex-member.
About 2,000 Scientologists and supporters from around the world have gathered in Oregon for a week of protest rallies. Their aim, they said, was to persuade the trial judge to overrule the jury’s verdict.
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