RE: Maine suit on history curriculum

The Superintendent's response, at http://www.sad1.k12.me.us/supt-statement.pdf , says that the 7th grade curriculum is European history, the 8th grade is U.S. and Maine history, and the 9th grade is world history, including a wide range of non-Christia

Re: Maine suit on history curriculum

On Sunday, December 7, 2003, at 08:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think this falls into the "oh, good grief!" category.  or perhaps, given the teacher's attorney's name, the "good Greif" category. :) Here's the story as listed at the First Amendment Center:  Maine teacher sues district o

talking about world views - civil unions and marriage

One of the reasons I really like being on this list is that I am continually surprised by the posts on it. It also keeps me humble. As is often the case, the issue I think is interesting in a post gets ignored and some other point ends up provoking very interesting commentary. I thought Greg Si

Maine suit on history curriculum

I think this falls into the "oh, good grief!" category.  Here's the story as listed at the First Amendment Center:  Maine teacher sues district over curriculum restrictions By The Associated Press 12.06.03 BANGOR, Maine â A seventh-grade social studies teacher in Presque Isle who said he wa

Maine suit on history curriculum.

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Re: Nativity Scene

Yes, but is it a joke? Or perhaps a true sign of of the Millennium? Paul Finkelman Quoting Sanford Levinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > At 11:26 AM 12/5/2003, Rick Duncan wrote: > >Alert the media! Paul Finkelman and Rick Duncan are in > >total agreement on this issue. > > Hallelujah, The Millennium

Re: Locke v. Davey

I understand Ed Darr's defense of the proposition that society benefits from educated clergy or from having non-clergy who, nevertheless, have undertaken the study of religion. But for the state to do this allows the state to shape nature of religion in the country by privileging churches, sects, a

Re: Talking across different world-views [Was: Civil unions and marriage]

The different "world-view" argument should be carefully evaluated. To disagree over X (same-sex marriage, etc.) even to disagree radically, presupposes a great, even enormous,degree of agreement on many other matters. As Donaldson Davidson has said (paraphrasing roughly), we can't even ident

Re: Talking across different world-views [Was: Civil unions and marriage]

I did not mean to suggest that the gender complementarity argument for giving special status to marriage is rational; merely that it would satisfy the highly deferential rational-basis review if a court were permitted to credit a legislature's view that men and women are in some fundamental way dif

Re: Talking across different world-views [Was: Civil unions and m arriage]

Greg Sisk writes: "the gender complementarity rationale involves no disparate treatment of the sexes but rather treats the combination of both as giving rise to a special relationship. The complementarity rationale does not involve assignment of different sex roles; it is not reducible to stereoty

Re: Locke v. Davey

I note that Kepler College of Astrological Arts (kepler.edu) in Seattle claims to be "authorized" or "accredited" by the state-- hence its degree-granting authority. Perhaps it will be argued that they are "misusing" the word, or that this is not "real" accreditation as opposed to the one offered

Re: Locke v. Davey

In a message dated 12/6/2003 11:55:08 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone wishing to study alchemy, or flat-earh theory, or creationism, or astology, or etc., etc., would not be able to use Promise Scholarships to do so, because a school offering such lessons would never be

Re: Locke v. Davey

If there cannot be such an interest, then the GI Bill is unconstitutional for the same reason.  But of course, this case does not involve the qualifications to be a minister.  It involves the course of study of a college student.  I may have misled by stating my question as "preventing uneducated c