Is the First Amendment for Monotheists only?

[elfs]

In their opening arguments to the court, [The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation] argued before the court that Pagans are not deserving of equal civil rights as are provided adherents of the preferred faiths. In one of their first arguments to the court, the defendants said that certain traditional faiths are first tier faiths and that those faiths were meant to have equal rights and protections under the United States Constitution, but that all of the other faiths were second tier faiths, and were not meant to have the same equal rights and protections under the United States Constitution as the first tier faiths.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to decide if paganism and witchcraft were ever intended to receive the protections of the Religion Clauses.

Comments

[puellavulnerata.livejournal.com]

*boggle*

You have to give them points for, uh, creativity in reading, I guess...

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

Heh. So we were only one degree of separation anyhow. Though I guess that's not fair. Elfs is more connected than Kevin Bacon. He knows I pretty well too. ^_^

[puellavulnerata.livejournal.com]

Well, I only read Elf's journal; I don't think he reads mine and I'm not sure I've ever met him in person either. I do know my roommate does his hair, though.

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

Oh. In that case, let me prompt you to search for 'Night on Thundara' on google.

I'll just ruin his rep for him. ^_^

[puellavulnerata.livejournal.com]

It's not that ruined. I was already aware of him from certain USENET groups I lurked in back in the 1990s...