--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/4/112006e.asp > > > > Jody (Guruphiliac) comments quite rightly: > > > > That bulwark of spiritual ignorance impeding progress and cultural > > evolution, the American Family Association, is going after the > judge > > who sentenced a crack-smoking vote defrauder to a course in > TM™. > > Actually, it's TMSM, or Transcendental Meditation Stress > Management, > > and not affiliated with the Madharishi anymore.Leading the charge > for > > the AFA is lawyer Brian Fahling:"You've got a governmental actor > who's > > ordering an individual to participate in something that perhaps may > > run contrary to their own particular beliefs and belief system." > > Still, the attorney says he is not really surprised by the judge's > > order because it is consistent with a larger trend toward > > secularization that is progressing in America.Wait a minute... The > > government is ordering an individual to participate in something > that > > is being construed as a religious belief, yet the fact of this is > > evidence of the progressing secularization of America?We guess the > guy > > is as uptight about his idea of religion as he looks in his > photograph. > > > http://www.agapepress.org/PhotoArchives/PhotoFiles/LoRes/BFahling_LoR > es.jpg > > > > Who'da thunk that?What he means to say is that TM™ is the > wrong > > religion. They all are... except his. There is no doubt the guy > would > > be flipping cartwheels if the judge had sentenced the girl to > attend a > > Southern Baptist church instead. It would have been much harsher > > outcome for the poor thing if you asked us. > > > > http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/ > > > > ************** > > Not exactly a surprise, in fact I was wondering why there had not > been a challenge earlier, given the Malnak ruling years ago (1979 -- > >
Bunches of reasons: 1) it works; 2) the ruling was EXTREMELY limiated in scope and even if it were not, it was a lower-court ruling, so it wouldn'tbeconsidered binding precedent in another state; 3) times have changed with faith-based initiatives all over the place --no Christian organization will dare bring a lawsuit challenging TM when a ruling against TM would make THEIR initiatives vulnerable also. http://www.waldorfcritics.org/active/articles/Gen_Couns_to_SD.html ). > > And, although the AFA would certainly not have objected to the > convict being sentenced to a Baptist church, the higher courts would > have objected to this also. > > The courts are almost certainly going to see somebody sentenced to > TM as violating the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution, Not really. > which, along with the price increases everywhere except India, makes > India the place to promote TM now -- a few candles lit around the > world outside of India has been accomplished, but the 800+ million > Hindus of Indias are going to have to be the lighthouse for the > world from here on. > Again, not really. Lynch is a real go-getter. He may not be able to raise $7 billion directly, but he can certainly get matching funds lesser amounts from larger corporations. The private school that teaches TM that is mentioned on his website gets its funding from major corporations after all. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
