The 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act that Congress has just passed (passed the
Senate yesterday) effectively kills the controversial D.C. school voucher
program by imposing conditions on its extension beyond this year that are
unlikely to be met. Details on Religion Clause blog:
Just for the sake of perspective on the proposed Connecticut legislation, I
would welcome any comments on Section 200 of the New York Religious
Corporations Law (codified in Article 10 applicable to Other Denominations -
including Jewish Congregations ) compared to sub- sections (e) and
I have plenty of comments on it, as an officer of one of the other
churches, after the court seemed to contrive a new hoop for us to jump
through every week; but they probably would not get past the moderator.
We're from the government, we're here to protect you.
(Ironically, our church
I'm looking for good sources that discuss religious attitudes
towards self-defense or defense of others, deadly and otherwise; in
particular, I'm looking to see whether there are religious groups that
(1) take the view that deadly force is always bad, even in self-defense
or defense of others,
To the extent that the entire NY Religious Corporations Law is mandatory, as
opposed to merely default provisions that apply in the absence of contrary
rules in the organization's charter or bylaws, I think there are serious
constitutional issues with very many of the internal governance
In New York, a religious institution is generally permitted to register under
the secular not for profit corporation law.
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Perhaps these separate provisions were originally negotiated with leaders of
each faith group, attempting to provide what each group wanted. Even so, there
is a high likelihood they got it wrong, or that orther institutions within the
same faith group wanted, or now want, something
So that's the escape route. Makes sense that there had to be one.
Quoting Marc Stern mst...@ajcongress.org:
In New York, a religious institution is generally permitted to
register under the secular not for profit corporation law.
From:
Doug is right about the origins of NY's church incorporation law. There was a
formal effort to change the whole structure about 20 years ago, but it got
hung up mostly, as I recall, by the problem of making the transition from old
law on which there were substantial reliance interests to a
The question here is whether you can satisfy the rule against judicial
oversight of ecclesiology and permit the states to serve their
legitimate interest in overseeing those that obtain corporation status.
Religious entities need and/or want to be able to operate with the
benefits of a
Marc and Marci - If a congregation registers under the Not for Profit
Corporation law , does that thereby allow ecclesiastical decisions to be
subject to approval by lay governance or review by the courts? Are we
elevating form over substance??
Can the lay board of directors direct that
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