"Christian" Skating Time

[Mark Graber]

May I suggest that this thread might benefit from Gary Jacobsohn's
wonderful analysis of Hindutva in his THE WHEEL OF THE LAW: INDIA'S
SECULARISM IN COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT.  As Professor
Jacobsohn notes, Hindutva can be understood both as a culture and a
religion, there not being a very sharp difference.  My sense is the same
is true for Christianity (certainly true for Judaism--witness Israeli
folk dance).  If this is the case, then both the claims that this is
simply secular or purely religious need to be modified.  The more
crucial issue is how to First Amendment issues play out when the
religious issues canno tbe disentangled from secular issues.

Mark A. Graber