At 02:58 PM 3/3/05 -0500, you wrote:
Don't we do this all the time over
here? An orthodox Jew can sport a beard and other dress despite an
employer's general policy against this, while a reform Jew cannot.
Muslim women can wear scarves in school even though not all do, because
for some it is felt
Here's the problem. Suppose a public school in the USA has a "no headgear" dress code, and we have two religious groups that seek a religious accommodation. "Moderate" Christians (say, Methodists and Episcopalians) wear green headgear, and "extremist" Christians (say, Evangelicals and Catholics)
http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2005/03/transcripts_in_1.html
Transcript(s)
in Ten Commandments Cases
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The Associated Press has posted an earlier-than usual transcript of
Wednesday's oral argument in the Texas Ten
And here's the McCreary County
transcript:
http://wid.ap.org/documents/scotus/050302mccrearycounty.pdf
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Marci, of course, is more than capable of speaking for herself. But I would
think that the reference to religious intensity of belief that thrives in
an environment of religious neutrality may relate to the inspiration and
energy many religious groups experience in a regime of religious
