I'm not sure why it should matter whether a minister is
speaking in a church with a building, or to a small group of people; nor is it
clear to me to what extent the law can take into account how much people fear
their leaders on spiritual grounds, whether they be the leader of
Here's another story from last year stating that the pastor and others had
been charged with multiple counts of actual child abuse:
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/26/members-of-aleitheia-bible-church-in-wisco
nsin-charged-with-abus/
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Alan: You raise an interesting question, and it might be well
be that intentionally urging someone illegal to do something tomorrow morning,
when such urging is likely to lead to the illegality, is indeed incitement.
But I saw nothing in the stories that suggested that the
Eugene-what about strict scrutiny?
I think there is a compelling interest in protecting children from being hit
with wooden dowels
Given the hidden nature of most such abuse, there is unlikely to be a lesser
restrictive method to ensure children are not harmed.
Marci
On May 13, 2012, at
The news story doesn't give us a lot of detail as to exactly what the pastor
said in this case nor does it tell us much about his parishioners. But if the
pastor's instructions to his parishioners are to do something unlawful if a
certain pre-condition is satisfied and the pre-condition is
