The Passion Movie - Question

[David Cruz]

Just to be clear, I was just trying to help Paul recall a possible title
of a movie that he recalls upsetting Christians [and] le[a]d[ing] to
demands that the movie[] not be shown.  I was not suggesting that
government had attempted or advocated suppressing LTOC.  (Neither do I
think that Rick was necessarily suggesting that this was my suggestion; I
just want to clarify.)

David B. Cruz
Professor of Law
University of Southern California Law School
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071
U.S.A


On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Rick Duncan wrote:

> I may be wrong but I don't recall anyone demanding
> that *government* censor the Last Temptation of
> Christ. Many religious folk called for a boycott of
> theaters that screened the film, but I don't recall
> any calls for governmental censorship or child abuse
> prosecutions. My own view of the Last Temptation
> (based upon what I have read, because I am not
> interested in seeing it) is that it is clearly
> protected by the First Amendment. I would so advise
> any co-religionist of mine who wished to prosecute
> people for screening it, viewing it, or for allowing
> their children to view it.