Re: Establisment clause and oppressive taxation
In a message dated 8/5/2005 12:19:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What if the synagogue, temple, or mosque also distributes and sells religiously-prepared foods as does the local grocery stores, but some of the believers would rather purchase food with their stamps from those they trust to prepare the foods correctly, namely, those at their local house of worship. If the independence of synagogue, temple, mosque, on the one hand, and the government on the other is a sufficiently important constitutional value, I'm sure some members of these groups will beenterprising enoughto recognize the market for the relevant products and create trustworthy private producers and vendors. Bobby Robert Justin LipkinProfessor of LawWidener University School of LawDelaware ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
Re: religiously-motivated political strife
Should one mention the missionaries whose arrest by Georgia set off the Cherokee removal cases? At 06:02 PM 8/3/05 -0400, you wrote: Don't overlook the anti-Catholic Know Nothing Party riots, including the Philadelphia Bible Riot of 1843: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/photo_gallery/photo2.html Two sources approach the same history from different perspectives, but do not much disagree on what happened: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08677a.htm http://www.atheists.org/publicschools/street.html Michael R. Masinter 3305 College Avenue Professor of LawFort Lauderdale, FL 33314 Nova Southeastern University(954) 262-6151 (voice) Shepard Broad Law Center(954) 262-3835 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chair, ACLU of Florida Legal Panel ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.1/64 - Release Date: 8/4/05 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.1/64 - Release Date: 8/4/05 ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.