You're right, I think. It's not an answer most soldiers and religious leaders would necessarily like, but it's right.
It's more a problem in irony and public relations than law. It might work as a segment on Boston Legal, but it's not enough of a legal issue for a legal journal. That's what I get for responding while on hold with a government agency I was arguing with. Ed Darrell Dallas Steven Jamar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm sorry, Ed, but I'm missing the problem. Free exercise or free speech -- is that the conflict you are positing as in conflict? If so, I assume it is not a question directed to me since I don't think the limitation on free speech violates the constitution even without the free exercise overlay. Steve On 11/1/07, Ed Darrell wrote: > Just out of curiosity, what happens in a hypothetical if the family of the > soldier claims the funeral is a religious service which deserves special > protection from such disruption? Let's assume the family has a long record > of attending church -- oh, heck, let's assume the soldier is himself a > Returned Missionary for the Latter-day Saints church, and that his father is > the current bishop of the ward. Which First Amendment Right gets honored? > -- Prof. Steven Jamar Howard 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.
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