"Christian" Skating Time

[David E. Guinn]

I don't konw about rock promotors, but gospel concerts (which I believe are 
almost as popular) are explicitly religious in their advertising in terms of 
visuals, lyrical excerpts, and framing headings.

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Tushnet" <mtushnet at law.harvard.edu>
To: "Law & Religion issues for Law Academics" <religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu>; 
"Scarberry, Mark" <Mark.Scarberry at pepperdine.edu>
Cc: "Law & Religion issues for Law Academics" <religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 1:37 PM
Subject: RE: "Christian" Skating Time


> Let me express my doubts about this assertion -- "No one would doubt that 
> a
> Christian music concert could be held (and advertised)" -- where the 
> presenter
> is a for-profit business.  (A genuine question:  How do for-profit concert
> promoters advertise concerts by Christian rock groups?)
> -- 
> Mark Tushnet
> William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law
> Harvard Law School
> Areeda 223
> Cambridge, MA  02138
>
>
> Quoting "Scarberry, Mark" <Mark.Scarberry at pepperdine.edu>:
>
>> The music is a substantial part of the skating experience. No one would
>> doubt that a Christian music concert could be held (and advertised).
>> Does the combination of a physical activity (skating) with the playing
>> of music deprive the business owner of the free speech rights that a
>> concert promoter would have?
>>
>> Suppose the owner of the rink decided to have a "global warming" evening
>> featuring the audio from Vice President Gore's movie. Would that be
>> permitted, even though a lot of people would choose not to come to the
>> rink in order to avoid what they would perceive as propaganda? If it
>> would be permitted, then doesn't the NY law discriminate against
>> religious speech?
>>
>> And if, as I think someone suggested, a "spiritual" evening would be
>> permitted, so long as it was inclusive by not focusing on any particular
>> religious tradition, then isn't this a matter of viewpoint
>> discrimination?
>>
>> Mark S. Scarberry
>> Pepperdine University School of Law
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