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The really interesting aspect of this is the way in undermines religion for
those who take it seriously. Does this mean that IF there is a terrorist
attack in KY that God no longer cares about Kentucky? GW Bush was arguably the
most religious president to ever sit in the office; lof of good
FYI, for what it's worth, perhaps of interest to someone writing about this
issue. (Haverford Township is in Delaware County, just to the west of
Philadelphia).
Jim Maule
Villanova University School of Law
From http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/35457869.html
Selected portions:
In Georgia last year, Gov. Sonny Perdue held a public meeting to, as he put
it, pray up a storm to help the drought and it worked. Kind of. There was
a big storm the next day in Northern Georgia and Tennessee that brought more
than an inch of rain. Unfortunately, it didn't do much to help the
Might prove that God does not want politicians using his name to further their
own ambitions. Shades of Roger Williams
Paul Finkelman
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One small clarification; the good professor mentions Roger Williams'
followers, whipped and jailed in Virginia. It's ironic to remember
that Roger Williams himself defended a woman against her husband for
soul freedom, founded the first Baptist Church in America in
Providence, RI--and
I think this has already been litigated in the Third Circuit, and the school
district lost. Child Evangelism Fellowship v. Stafford Township School
District, 386 F.3d 514 (3d Cir. 2004) (Alito, J.). It's only an appeal from a
preliminary injunction, but on a very quick skim, it looks like
Yes, Doug, the full article mentions the Third Circuit case you cite. An
interesting aspect of this case, and many others raising First Amendment issues
in the school context, is how school officials and employees don't seem to know
what the law permits, requires, or prohibits. The district
The problem is that school law (as it is typically denominated in schools of
education) is not a required course for pre-service teachers. My students are
all prospective administrators required to take it as graduate course. They
all (or virtually all) say that the course should be required
Or folks can urge the Obama Education Department to update and reissue the
religious guidelines that for several years the Clinton administration sent out
widely across the country - guidelines based on the consensus views of a
coalition representing a broad range of viewpoints on church-state
Here's a related victory for evangelicals and good news clubs in public
schools, by Liberty Counsel and Mat Staver
In Jesus name,
Chaplain Klingenschmitt
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LibertyCounsel
December 3, 2008
After-School Christian Club Wins Battle
The No Child Left Behind Act mandated a set of religion in school
guidelines which were prepared unilaterally by DOJ and DOE without any
outside input.(I had submitted a FOIA request for outsiders'
comments.There were none.)The NCLB act is deficient, however, in that
guidelines are required only
A more complete accommodation would allow students and parents to inform the
school that they do not want to receive materials from certain outside groups.
But maybe this accommodation already exists in these systems.
I continue to believe that, with rare exceptions, students at public schools
Distributing nothing from outside groups is a plausible policy, but not one
that Montgomery County was willing to live with. These cases are always about
viewpoint discrimination; the school sends home flyers for some groups but not
other groups.
The reason there was a second appeal in
As Doug says, the latter result was not surprising, given the prior precedent.
Under current law, schools that want to have their cake and eat it too are
going to get into trouble. Schools would have fewer problems if they went on a
diet and stopped trying to advance or facilitate services
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