Re: Social Notes from All Over

2005-11-05 Thread JMHACLJ
And what symbolism is to be drawn when the invitation is to attend a luncheon at which the President and his wife will not be present? Weren't they in the air on the way to the Summit? Jim Henderson Senior Counsel ACLJ ___ To post, send message to

RE: Social Notes from All Over

2005-11-05 Thread Sanford Levinson
As a matter of fact, they were there. Perhaps this is why it was at lunch, rather than dinner, because they had to leave for Argentina. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 11/5/2005 3:08 AM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject:

RE: Social Notes from All Over

2005-11-05 Thread Will Linden
The decree was that the Queen's non-royal descendents will be Mountbatten-Windsor. But none of them have been born yet, the extant issue all being Royal Highness. At 04:26 PM 11/4/05 -0600, you wrote: Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: multipart/alternative;

OT: Social Notes from All Over

2005-11-05 Thread Will Linden
And what does a dinner invitation have to do with anything at all? I am reminded of the time Miss Manners was asked What do I say to a lesbian couple?. Her answer was: How do you do? How do you do? At 03:02 PM 11/4/05 -0800, you wrote: What was Sandy's substantive point? Douglas Laycock

Re: FYI: An Interesting See You at the Pole Case

2005-11-05 Thread Paul Finkelman
I would take this one step further; blatant proselytizing creates a hostile atmosphere for those whose religions are being denounced and belittled. When a Christian tries to convert a Jew, the Christian is in effect telling the Jew he/she is not "good enough" and that they are going to go to

Re: FYI: An Interesting See You at the Pole Case

2005-11-05 Thread Steven Jamar
Is the burden to be borne by those of the non-Christian minority or is there a burden on the hugely dominant Christian group to show tolerance and even acceptance and inclusion of non-Christians?Of course this is not fully an either/or situation, but I think the majority has an obligation toward

Re: Passive Dispalys vs. Cathedrals: The Same or Not the Same

2005-11-05 Thread ArtSpitzer
Yes, of course there's a difference between building a cathedral and building a nativity scene. My point was that Rick Duncan's reasoning ("If the state can celebrate gay pride week, and Cinco de Mayo, and Earth Day, and pork producers day on the public square, then why can't it also celebrate