Let me express my doubts about this assertion -- "No one would doubt that a Christian music concert could be held (and advertised)" -- where the presenter is a for-profit business. (A genuine question: How do for-profit concert promoters advertise concerts by Christian rock groups?) -- Mark Tushnet William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law Harvard Law School Areeda 223 Cambridge, MA 02138
Quoting "Scarberry, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
