‘Passion’-ate argument lands Bulloch couple in jail
After watching film, couple disputes meaning
By HOLLI DEAL BRAGG
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A Bulloch County couple who left the theater arguing after viewing Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” ended up behind bars.
Melissa Evans Davidson, 34, and Sean Matthew Davidson, 33, left Statesboro’s Cinema Nine March 11 arguing over whether the ‘father” in the Holy Trinity – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost – was in human form or spiritual.
The argument escalated into a physical confrontation which led to superficial injuries and the subsequent arrest of both parties for simple battery, according to reports.
“It was the dumbest thing we’ve ever done,” said Melissa Davidson.
Bulloch County Sheriff’s Deputy Fred Cotton was called to the couple’s Nesmith-Proctor Road home after the pair took the disagreement home. “During that argument, they started arguing about the mentality of each other’s parents,” Cotton wrote in his report.
“That is when ... they started fighting,” he said.
Melissa Davidson suffered “visible injuries on her left arm and face” while Sean Davidson “had an alleged scissor stab on his hand and his shirt was ripped off ...” the report read.
“I had a scratch,” Melissa Davidson said. “ As far as the scissor thing – that is completely untrue.”
Davidson said she and her husband “pushed and shoved” one another, and that she did grab his shirt and rip it, but that “nobody was stabbed or beaten to a bloody pulp.”
Sean Davidson did punch a hole in the sheet rock near the stairs, she admitted.
“We both called the law on each other,” she said. “It was one of those stupid things. We were arguing over a point of religion.”
The couple, who has been married 10 years, have never been in such an argument, she said. “We’re each other’s best friends. Sometimes people get stupid."
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