The music is a substantial part of the skating experience. No one would doubt that a Christian music concert could be held (and advertised). Does the combination of a physical activity (skating) with the playing of music deprive the business owner of the free speech rights that a concert promoter would have?
Suppose the owner of the rink decided to have a "global warming" evening featuring the audio from Vice President Gore's movie. Would that be permitted, even though a lot of people would choose not to come to the rink in order to avoid what they would perceive as propaganda? If it would be permitted, then doesn't the NY law discriminate against religious speech? And if, as I think someone suggested, a "spiritual" evening would be permitted, so long as it was inclusive by not focusing on any particular religious tradition, then isn't this a matter of viewpoint discrimination? Mark S. Scarberry Pepperdine University School of Law _______________________________________________ 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.
