Eugene- I think you are making factual assumptions that then lead to a flawed
conclusion in this case.
-The nature of child abuse puts it in a different category than speech to
potential rioters or speech to KKK members
It is violence against victims who cannot protect themselves, who live
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
