I once came across an article dealing President Jackson refused to make
proclamations of Thanksgiving, but I cannot find any thing using the Web.
Can anyone provide a cite?
Bob O'Brien
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A few remarks on the use of dictionaries:
The word "totally" is an adverb; I could not find it in Webster's New
International Dictionary, 2nd ed.,I found it in Webster's Seventh New
Collegiate Dictionary. However, "prohibit" is a verb; it has a
different function in a sentence.
The name
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From: Richard Foltin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 4:26 PM
Subject: New Orleans legal system
Tangentially apropos of the interesting but assuredly academic discussion
of
Governor Blanco's call for prayer,
I appreciate the contributions on relevant films. My suggestion is a
less obvious choice: Woody Allen's
"Sleeper" (1973). It is less obvious, but it strikes at political
control and the inept revolutionaries. It does not deal
specificallywith religion, for the future group characters deal
Laycock's tight summary is important.
I have researched the ACLU and Justice Department records on the attacks on
Jehovah's Witnesses. I quickly count attacks in more than thirty states and
include eight large mob attacks from Maine to Mississippi in June after the
Gobitis decision. The mobs
Early in December, 2003, Bernard Stasi presented President Chirac The
Report of the Committee of Reflection on the Application of the Principal of
Secularity in the Republic. In response to the participants I put together
a translation of The Report. Because of the interest of the publishing
An anecdote others might find interesting or useful:
A few years ago Iinterviewed a woman about
her experience asa Jehovah's Witness. She told me that when her son
Wesley Edmundsrefused to say the Pledge the teacher sent him to the
principal's office. That W Va principal knew enough to
Title: Message
I heard an interview with the two ministers earlier
today. One claimed that the civil officer (mayor? judge?) was overwhelmed
with the number of people wanting to be married. The minister offered to
take on the task of performing the ceremony for some of the couples. She
To my surprise, I received a request today for my translation of the Stasi
Report from someone who is not a member of this listserver. It seems that
at least some of our messages get on Google.
In return, the requester sent me a copy of the bill which was adopted by the
National Assembly. It is
Michel McConnell has drawn my attention to Michel
Troper's "French Secularism, or Laicite," 21 Cardoza Law Review 1267-1284
(February 2000).
The article is valuable for a number of reasons,
not the least of which is that it precedes the Stasi Report by three years and
(it seems to me upon
I have no idea what using the word fuck has to do with religion.
Bob O'Brien
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From: Rick Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 2:37 PM
Subject: F--- The Draft
Another observation
simply get over it.
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Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 3:27 PM
To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics
Subject: Re: F--- The Draft
I have no idea what using the word fuck has to do with religion
Sandy made the following invitation:
(otherwise how would one know what one is referring to when one condemns a
completely abstract notion called hate or offensive speech?). One of
the reasons I stopped teaching a course on the First Amendment is that I
couldn't figure out how to teach *about*
I am cleaning up my translation of part 4 of the Stasi report and will send
it to those who have request the translation of the first three parts. If
anyone else wants these translations--or if I overlook anyone--please notify
me.
However, it might be worthwhile to include one one paragraph
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