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Lynn v. Sekulow
Jay: You Are Right
By
Rev. Barry W. Lynn
Jay, you were certainly right to support a student’s right to wear a rosary in spite of a public school’s “anti gang symbol” policy–and indeed to challenge the facial constitutionality of the school’s fundamentally flawed approach to restricting First Amendment rights of students. My position on this was sufficiently “odd” that I notice that the…
Supreme Court Sends Signal: Keep Cross Where It Is
By
Rev. Barry W. Lynn
A fractured Supreme Court yesterday decided to remand–or send back to the lower court–the contentious case involving a congressional “land swap” that allowed the Veterans of Foreign Wars to keep a cross up in the Mojave National Preserve. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the plurality opinion that noted that the federal district court that initially decided…
Volunteering Works, Vouchers Don’t
By
Rev. Barry W. Lynn
Jay, I think it’s great that so many Americans want to volunteer for good causes, and I have no problem that many want to work with faith-based groups. Americans can volunteer for and/or donate to the charity of their choice; the government, however, cannot. The First Amendment makes it clear that public funds should never…
All Women Deserve Health Care with the Right to Choose
By
Rev. Barry W. Lynn
Jay, any sensible health care reform plan is going to have to cover women’s reproductive health care more completely and equitably than the current system. We need to listen to those in the medical field as to what is the best health care package for every American, women obviously included, and follow that advice. As…
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