Interesting 1885 Opinion of the Attorney General supportingreligious exemptions from sacramental wine law

[Michael deHaven Newsom]

Read Sweeney v. Webb, and then tell me whether the point is "hyperbolic"!!!

"Vance R. Koven" wrote:

> At 12:14 PM -0400 10/4/99, Michael deHaven Newsom wrote:
>
> >To make a long story short, the Alaska AG decision represents the
> >"majority view" for what that is worth, at least with regard to the
> >claims of liturgical Christians.  The "majority view" with regard to the
> >claims of Orthodox Jews is, to say the least, problematic.  Disgusting
> >is a better word.
>
> This strikes me as hyperbolic in the extreme. While I think that the USAG
> view was and is correct, the example of Smith indicates that the role of
> religious exemptions for "neutral" regulation is far from unambiguous. Also
> don't forget that in 1900 and 1918 there was no doctrine of incorporation,
> so that the states were free to have their own views of religious liberty.
>
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