Legislative Prayer Revisited

2005-06-01 Thread Conkle, Daniel O.
Title: Legislative Prayer Revisited The Indiana Civil Liberties Union has sued state lawmakers for exceeding the limits of Marsh by frequently offering prayers that are explicitly Christian.  The prayers sometimes are offered by individual lawmakers and sometimes by volunteer clergy.  The

RE: Legislative Prayer Revisited

2005-06-01 Thread Douglas Laycock
Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Legislative Prayer Revisited The Indiana Civil Liberties Union has sued state lawmakers for exceeding the limits of Marsh by frequently offering prayers that are explicitly Christian. The prayers sometimes are offered by individual lawmakers and someti

RE: Legislative Prayer Revisited

2005-06-01 Thread Marc Stern
Title: Legislative Prayer Revisited In the Santa Fe case, Justice Stevens was willing to concede that there could be a public forum for a selected person and that the creation of such a forum  would not confer on others a right  to reply .I don’t understand that myself, but I guess that is

RE: Legislative Prayer Revisited

2005-06-01 Thread Newsom Michael
Title: Legislative Prayer Revisited After a while, one becomes jaded.  We see the same old crowd, bound and determined to force their religion on the rest of us.  What I continue to find extraordinary is that some people, including some who do not even subscribe to this religion

RE: Legislative Prayer Revisited

2005-06-01 Thread Volokh, Eugene
but "forcing religion on the rest of us" seems to me an overstatement.       Eugene       -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Newsom MichaelSent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 2:01 PMTo: Law & Religion issues for Law AcademicsSubj

RE: Legislative Prayer Revisited

2005-06-02 Thread Newsom Michael
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 5:24 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Legislative Prayer Revisited       Well, naturally I wouldn't want to make "excuse[s]" for "push[y]" members of "the same old crowd."  I mean, who likes