Re: Protestants and non-Protestants

2005-03-05 Thread Ed Darrell
And isn't that exactly what deTocqueville said he found? Ed Darrell Dallas"A.E. Brownstein" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Ten Commandments Cases

2005-03-05 Thread Marty Lederman
Jack Balkin's prediction: http://balkin.blogspot.com/2005/03/my-prediction-on-ten-commandments-case.html ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see

Re: Protestants and non-Protestants

2005-03-05 Thread Steven Jamar
Does it matter that the government is not actually openly hostile to religion? Or is the relevant inquiry really is seen by many? Steven Jamar On Saturday, March 5, 2005, at 09:12 AM, Richard Dougherty wrote: Well, yes, but not in a political order where the government -- especially the

RE: Ten Commandments: My Prediction

2005-03-05 Thread Volokh, Eugene
Title: Message I define discrimination against religion as treating people or organizations worse because they are religious. (I don't think anything I have said suggests that discrimination means "denying [a group] permission to do something that it wants to do.") The systematic exclusion

Re: Religious Neutrality and Voluntarism

2005-03-05 Thread Steven Jamar
Even if Marci won't I will. It is not a widespread pattern of suppression. And that some schools made mistakes does not show governmental or court hostitility. Furthermore, it was the courts who let the religion back into the schools when the schools went overboard. I think most of the

RE: Religious Neutrality and Voluntarism

2005-03-05 Thread Berg, Thomas C.
Marci writes: The right default position is the rule of law, but it is good for everyone when accommodation can be provided and the public good is not undermined. First, I would have thought that this is the very goal of RFRA and RLUIPA, the statutes that Marci so vigorously opposes: to