Here is the ADF take on the settlement:
CUPERTINO, Calif. - Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund and the Cupertino Union School District filed a settlement agreement today in the lawsuit Williams v. Vidmar. "We are pleased that this matter has been resolved to the satisfaction of all
Luther, starring Joseph Fiennes, is yet another great film on Church and State. We watched it this weekend at our house, and I heartily recommend it.
Cheers, Rick DuncanRick Duncan Welpton Professor of Law University of Nebraska College of Law Lincoln, NE 68583-0902"When the Round Table is broken
spin spin spin -- on both sidesthe materials used by the teacher included many things that had not business being therethe school district restates its policy and has a case which adds some clarity to its bounds (the teacher at issue was out of bounds by a lot)and now we spin it on this listthe
Rick Duncan wrote:
Here is the ADF take on the settlement:
CUPERTINO, Calif. - Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund
and the Cupertino Union School District filed a settlement agreement
today in the lawsuit Williams v. Vidmar.
"We are pleased that this matter has been
I'm not at all as confident as Rick is that It is always good to stand up
for the academic freedom of teachers, particularly when they are
presenting one-sided religious or political programs in their classrooms
and refuse to accept the curricular guidelines of their school. Perhaps
Rick is
A.E. Brownstein wrote:
I'm not at all as confident as Rick is that It is always good to
stand up for the academic freedom of teachers, particularly when they
are presenting one-sided religious or political programs in their
classrooms and refuse to accept the curricular guidelines of their
I haven't followed this case very carefully either, Alan. AndI don't know if I'm "breaking ranks" with conservative judges orwhether theyare breaking ranks with me.I am much more of a libertarian than a conservative anyway.
But, of course, government schools and their monopoly over
I am reading an absolutely terrific manuscript by
Columbia historian Richard Bushman, a biography of Joseph Smith, which is
extremely illuminating on LDS theology. (Not the least interesting feature
of the manuscript is Bushman's threading the needle with regard to the
ontological status of
When it was decided, which is a while ago, the Cottonwood case was
reportedon everywhere. There was no "liberal press cover up."
Marci
In a message dated 8/16/2005 11:26:53 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Interesting article. This kind of thing is exactly
what I
I reviewed the materials, and as a Social Studies teacher I found them inadequate, inaccurate, and impermissibly biased. I don't think any public interest group does anyone a favor when they defend teaching substandard and inaccurate material. Mr. Brayton's analysis is probably close to the mark:
Somebody else has also told me that
it was in the news at the time. I try to stay aware of these cases
in the news, and I hadn't heard anything, unlike Employment Division Vs.
Smith, Boerne Vs. Flores, and cases like that. That being the case,
if you tell me it was in the news, I'll take your
My understanding is that there is a large Catholic majority in the Mass.
legislature; if so, then are you suggesing that thte legislture is
anti-Catholic?
Vance R. Koven wrote:
I'm a bit surprised that nobody here has brought up the recent
initiatives of the Massachusetts legislature to
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