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To: ConservativeNJdad
The courts have repeatedly ruled that the same prohibition which applies to the states apply to municipalities.

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation
of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical."
--Thomas Jefferson: Bill for Religious Freedom, 1779. Papers 2:545

65 posted on 09/06/2001 2:22:40 PM PDT by Storm Orphan
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To: Storm Orphan
"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." --Thomas Jefferson: Bill for Religious Freedom, 1779. Papers 2:545

This is why I no longer live in NYC. FWIW, it may be sinful and tyrannical, but not unconstitutional.
66 posted on 09/06/2001 3:33:32 PM PDT by ConservativeNJdad
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