On Sep 26, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Gary McCaleb wrote: Off the top of my head, ACLU has demonstrated its commitment to religious freedom by filing suit in Arizona (again) against tax credits that may incidentally benefit private religious schools; filing an amicus brief opposing our Equal Access Act c
On Sep 26, 2006, at 11:41 AM, Kimberlee Wood Colby wrote: The DOE guidelines certainly have helped the SYATP situation, but there are a lot of school administrators who are: 1) still afraid of the ACLU, etc., filing a lawsuit if they allow any religious activity; 2) haven't kept up on the developme
Ed,
You wrote, "And if, as you say, most of those situations are cleared up by
a letter explaining the law, is it really an attempt to suppress, or is it
merely ignorance of the law? Seems the latter would be a far more reasonable
description of what is going on."
Certainly there are some
tember 26, 2006 2:54 PMTo: Law
& Religion issues for Law AcademicsSubject: Re: Lawsuits
against SYATP.
Gary McCaleb wrote:
The first sentence refers to this
passage:
We agree with the Seventh Circuit that the desirable
approach is not
Law Academics
Subject: RE: Lawsuits against
SYATP.
The first
sentence refers to this passage:
We agree with
the Seventh Circuit that the desirable approach is not for schools to throw up
their hands because of the possible misconceptions about endorsement of
religion, but that instead it i
Gary McCaleb wrote:
The first sentence refers
to this passage:
We agree with the Seventh Circuit that
the desirable approach is not for schools to throw up their hands
because of the possible misconceptions about endorsement of religion,
but that instead it is [f]ar better to
At 03:33 PM 9/26/06 -0400, you wrote:
I realize that demonizing the ACLU is a powerful fundraising tool for
groups like the ADF and Liberty Counsel
...and vice versa.
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: Law
& Religion issues for Law AcademicsSubject: Re: Lawsuits
against SYATP.
Gary McCaleb wrote:
If anything, ADF's "rhetoric" is
understated in comparison the the federal courts, which have bluntly told
school officials that if they can't
Gary McCaleb wrote:
If anything, ADF's
"rhetoric" is understated in comparison the the federal courts, which
have bluntly told school officials that if they can't teach the First
Amendment, then its questionable whether they can teach anything at
all.
I've read that sentence severa
by
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BraytonSent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:01 AMTo: Law
& Religion issues for Law AcademicsSubject: Re: Lawsuits
against SYATP.
Brad Pardee wrote:
Ed,
You wrote, "And if, a
Kimberlee Wood Colby wrote:
The DOE guidelines certainly have helped the SYATP situation,
but there are a lot of school administrators who are: 1) still afraid
of the ACLU, etc., filing a lawsuit if they allow any religious
activity; 2) haven't kept up on the developments in the law since th
Law
& Religion issues for Law AcademicsSubject: Re: Lawsuits against
SYATP.
Brad Pardee wrote:
Ed,
You wrote, "And if, as you say, most of those situations are cleared up
by a letter explaining the law, is it really an attempt to suppress, or is it
merely ignorance of the la
Brad Pardee wrote:
Ed,
You wrote, "And if, as you say, most of those situations are
cleared up by a letter explaining the law, is it really an attempt to
suppress, or is it merely ignorance of the law? Seems the latter would
be a far more reasonable description of what is goin
Brayton
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006
11:04 PM
To: Law
& Religion issues for Law Academics
Subject: Re: Lawsuits against
SYATP.
Gary McCaleb wrote:
I'd say that
"others" certainly includes the school officials that attempt to
suppress SYATP events. Surely, having to fil
I wrote: "While it's uncharitable to assume that all of these
situations are the result of animus against such events, it's equally naive to
assume that none of these situations are merely harmless, well-intentioned
ignorance."
Obviously, I meant to say, "it's equally naive to assume that A
In a message dated 9/25/2006 7:33:22 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
has
there been any case where anyone has filed suit to stop the actual event? Or
even a statement from groups like the ACLU or Americans United that the event
itself was unconstitutional?
To the
Gary McCaleb wrote:
I'd say that "others"
certainly includes the school officials that attempt to suppress SYATP
events. Surely, having to file suit as we did in Freisner
qualifies as a "constitutional showdown."
But so far I've not seen any evidence that any school officials have
at
half Of Ed
BraytonSent: Monday, September 25, 2006 7:32 PMTo: Law
& Religion issues for Law AcademicsSubject: Re: Lawsuits
against SYATP.
Gary McCaleb wrote:
We
regularly receive complaints from high school students regarding official
action against their effort t
Gary McCaleb wrote:
We regularly receive complaints from high
school students regarding official action against their effort to
participate in SYATP events. In 2003, we filed Friesner, et al.
v. Ogg, et al. (No. 0:03-cv-00893-JRT-RLE
D. Minn.) after school officials banned the word "p
We
regularly receive complaints from high school students regarding official action
against their effort to participate in SYATP events. In 2003, we filed
Friesner, et al. v. Ogg, et al. (No. 0:03-cv-00893-JRT-RLE D. Minn.) after school officials banned the word
"prayer" from SYATP posters.
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