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What do you mean by non-religious people?.
Atheists (and anyone else) can certainly claim protection under the
Clause from coerced participation in religious exercises. Whether they can insist
on protection for strongly held secular philosophical beliefs depends on
whether on e believes that the First Amendment must be read as if constricted
by strong g notions of equal treatment, or whether it is a special settlement for
religious believers. Given the strong egalitarian bent in our society, the latter
is understandably a difficult proposition to accept, but it may be what the Founders
intended-and it seems to be what the Court thought in Yoder, pace Welsh-Seeger. Marc Stern From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 6/22/04 1:21:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To bet everything on the FE clause is a risky proposition,
perhaps even extreme.
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