Lawsuits against SYATP.

[Steven Jamar]

On Sep 26, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Gary McCaleb wrote:

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>
> Off the top of my head, ACLU has demonstrated its commitment to  
> religious freedom by filing suit in Arizona (again) against tax  
> credits that may incidentally benefit private religious schools;  
> filing an amicus brief opposing our Equal Access Act case for a  
> Bible club in Washington (amazingly, arguing that a case they use  
> to get access to schools for pro-homosexual student clubs should be  
> overruled in respect to the Bible club); and suing to force  
> Cranston, RI, to remove a privately-placed creche from the city  
> hall lawn.  None of these matters foster the proper accommodation  
> of religion in our civil society.
>

Some of us think the proper model is accommodation.  Some, including  
the ACLU, tend more toward separation.  Being for separation is not  
the same thing as purging religion from society or from the schools.   
One should not discount the free exercise cases and attend to a  
select set of establishment cases.

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