I should clarify that I was not attempting to address the North Dakota vote specifically, which of course could have been influenced by a number of particularized factors, but was addressing Eugene's broader question of why the RFRA enactment engine nationally seems to be sputtering.
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 8:26 PM, Finkelman, Paul < paul.finkel...@albanylaw.edu> <paul.finkel...@albanylaw.edu> wrote: > Among many other reasons it may reflect hostility to Native Americans. > > *Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless* > > > -----Original message----- > > *From: *Douglas Laycock <dlayc...@virginia.edu>* > To: *'Law & Religion issues for Law Academics' < > religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu>* > Sent: *Wed, Jun 13, 2012 20:49:25 GMT+00:00* > Subject: *PS RE: Defeat of RFRA constitutional amendment in North Dakota > > I meant to say that Vance’s point about the fears of Muslims and Sharia > law is surely also part of the explanation. The evangelical rank and file > conceives religious liberty mostly in terms of their own religious liberty > – they are certainly not the only ones, but as Vance notes, they are an > important voting block on this issue – and when attention is focused on > religious liberty for Muslims instead, many of them will take a different > view. So that no doubt affected some votes. But it was NARAL and Planned > Parenthood that spent the money. > > > > Douglas Laycock > > Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law > > University of Virginia Law School > > 580 Massie Road > > Charlottesville, VA 22903 > > 434-243-8546 > > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > 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. > -- Vance R. Koven Boston, MA USA vrko...@world.std.com
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