[Publib] Supreme Court & church meeting in library

[Sharon Foster]

Just based on a quick reading of the summary, this case was decided on
the relatively narrow basis of standing, or lack thereof, and not on
the broader issue of the merits of the case itself. Not that I have
any doubts where the majority stands on the broader issue. I'm sure
Roberts, Alito, Thomas, and Scalia would love to close all the public
schools tomorrow. But they can't.

On 7/1/07, Robert L. Balliot <rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com> wrote:
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> Greetings,
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> 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.
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> http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/06pdf/06-157.pdf
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
> 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
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> 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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> > 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. :-)
> >
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-- 
Sharon M. Foster, B.S., J.D., 0.5 * (MLS)
F/OSS Evangelist
Cheshire Public Library
104 Main Street
Cheshire, CT  06410
http://www.cheshirelibrary.org

Any opinions expressed here are entirely my own.