All law is inescapably "religious," our own Western law being based on the Christian Church/Bible. See, please, among other books, Harold Berman's 2-vol work "Law And Revolution." John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com; Recovering Republican... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 17 May 2007 1:32 PM Subject: RE: Lofton / Falwell Not Preacher He SHOULD Have Been
I wish that it were clear that there is a sharp line dividing the two. There is, after all, a powerful dynamic relation between law and morality, as there is between law and psychology, law and theology, and any number of other relevant and germane factors and considerations. Falwell obviously sought to link law and morality. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Volokh, Eugene Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 1:40 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Lofton / Falwell Not Preacher He SHOULD Have Been A discussion of Falwell's role in the development of Religion Clauses law is surely entirely on-topic. A discussion of whether Falwell acted in sad or sinful ways under one's own theological view (however sincere or well-reasoned) of what behavior is sad or sinful strikes me as no more on-topic than a discussion of whether, say, Justices Brennan or Blackmun acted in sad or sinful ways. Eugene > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/17/07 9:01 AM >>> > > > In a message dated 5/16/2007 9:59:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight > Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Please remember that this is a list devoted to the law of > government and religion -- not on whether some people > (recently dead or otherwise) acted in sad or sinful ways, > except insofar as that pretty closely connects to the law of > government and religion. > > > > > > I am incredulous that an open discussion of one of > the most important operatives in religion and > constitutionalism in the last three decades should be > inappropriate on this List. Of course, this is Eugene's List > and therefore I will respect his wishes. But I could not > disagree more with his sense of relevance or appropriateness > in this matter. > > Bobby > > Robert Justin Lipkin > Professor of Law > Widener University School of Law > Delaware > > Ratio Juris > , Contributor: _ http://ratiojuris.blogspot.com/_ > (http://ratiojuris.blogspot.com/) > Essentially Contested America, Editor: > _http://www.essentiallycontestedamerica.org/_ > (http://www.essentiallycontestedamerica.org/) > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to [email protected] To > subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be > viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read > messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; > and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the > messages to others. > _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.
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