[Publib] Supreme Court & church meeting in library

[Robert L. Balliot]

Greetings,

The latest opinion by the Supremes regarding 
use of federal funds to support faith based
education seems to say that it is ok to use
public funds to support religion in the form
of education.

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/06pdf/06-157.pdf

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On Behalf Of Sharon Foster
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 4:16 PM
To: Mary Soucie
Cc: Diedre Conkling; PUBLIB
Subject: Re: [Publib] Supreme Court & church meeting in library

I don't know that it's so much a matter of judging content as it is a
matter not using public funds to support religion. If a church cannot
support itself, including paying for its own meeting space, then maybe
it needs to rethink its mission. Unless you're suggesting that the
UFOlogists constitute a religion? ;-)

On 7/1/07, Mary Soucie <mjsoucie at wilmingtonlibrary.org> wrote:
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>
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> I agree with Diedre's comments about not judging content. A few years ago,
> we had a group book the meeting room to discuss sightings of UFO's and Big
> Foot. (One of the most attended events held here by a non-library group
> BTW.) Standing room only showed this to be a topic our public, or
someone's
> public at any rate, was interested in. We tried hard not to judge the
people
> attending the meeting. :-)
>