Public Frescoe of Hecate and the Establishment Clause

[Rob Weinberg]

If we're proposing rules, I'd advocate going in the other direction, that
is: a presumption that, absent more, divine or religious figures have
cultural, historic, etc. significance and are not an endorsement of religion.

At 12:28 PM 12/6/00 -0800, David Cruz wrote:

>And if, as Rob Weinberg advocates, we reject *any* role for current
>viability of a religion, I guess we'd still have to draw the line at
>future viability, as anyone (living or dead) could become an object of
>worship, at least theoretically.  So, is the proposed rule that once
>someone becomes a (quasi?-)divine figure, he or she is forever subjected
>to Establishment limitations?  Add one more to the non-retrogression
>principles ledger.