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coercion). - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, May 5, 2006 9:30 pm Subject: Use of Religion to Achieve Secular Ends The other day I posted about the unconstitutionality of the BOP religious-rehabilitation funding program. See http://balkin.blogspot.com/2006/04

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It's unclear howthe proposition that theological transformation and faith are good when embraced either freely or through coercion is a theological proposition or is only a theological proposition. As a theological proposition it is, in my view, rather uninteresting since one will accept it

Re: Use of Religion to Achieve Secular Ends

Treating this as a constitutional issue, the answer is that government may not "take, and act on (in non-coercive ways, of course, and consistent with the freedom of conscience), the view that "religious transformation [and] faith" are good (when freely embraced)," because this is an

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ucla.edu; "Law Religion issues for Law Academics" religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu; "Law Religion issues for Law Academics" religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 3:30 PM Subject: Use of Religion to Achieve Secular Ends The other day I posted about the unconstitutionali

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" religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu; "Law Religion issues for Law Academics" religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu; "Law Religion issues for Law Academics" religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 3:30 PM Subject: Use of Religion to Achieve Secular Ends The other day

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on. These seem to me as though they are very big constitutional obstacles, even if the program were amended along the lines you propose. - Original Message - From: Douglas Laycock To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 2:12 PM Subje

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on. These seem to me as though they are very big constitutional obstacles, even if the program were amended along the lines you propose. - Original Message - From: Douglas Laycock To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 2:12 PM Subje

RE: Use of Religion to Achieve Secular Ends

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Douglas Laycock Sent: Sat 5/6/2006 12:28 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Use of Religion to Achieve Secular Ends These are serious objections, and they may well be insuperable politically. But I'm

Re: Use of Religion to Achieve Secular Ends

ssage - From: Douglas Laycock To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 3:28 PM Subject: RE: Use of Religion to Achieve Secular Ends These are serious objections, and they may well be insuperable politically. But I'm not sure they

Use of Religion to Achieve Secular Ends

The other day I posted about the unconstitutionality of the BOP religious-rehabilitation funding program. See http://balkin.blogspot.com/2006/04/blatantly-unconstitutional-federal.html. FYI, the Freedom from Religion Foundation has now sued to challenge the program:

Re: Use of Religion to Achieve Secular Ends

@lists.ucla.edu Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 2:30 PM Subject: Use of Religion to Achieve Secular Ends The other day I posted about the unconstitutionality of the BOP religious-rehabilitation funding program. See http://balkin.blogspot.com/2006/04/blatantly-unconstitutional-federal.html. FYI

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12:31 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics; Law Religion issues for Law Academics; Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Use of Religion to Achieve Secular Ends The other day I posted about the unconstitutionality of the BOP religious-rehabilitation funding program. See http