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  • Philadelphia Tour Guides File Federal First Amendment Lawsuit

    07/07/2008 1:14:04 PM PDT · by PastorTony · 30 replies · 622+ views
    Institute for Justice ^ | 7/7/08 | Bob Ewing
    Arlington, Va—May the city of Philadelphia subject tour guides to hundreds of dollars in fines for engaging in unauthorized talking? This is the question the Institute for Justice (IJ) seeks to answer in a federal lawsuit filed today, two days before Philadelphia celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The suit is brought on behalf of three Philadelphia tour guides—Mike Tait, Josh Silver and Ann Boulais—seeking to overturn a law enacted in April that will make it illegal for anyone like them to give a tour of much of the city’s downtown area...
  • Live by the whole amendment

    12/08/2003 4:36:04 AM PST · by Holly_P · 5 replies · 160+ views
    Cleveland Plain Dealer ^ | 12;08/03 | Editorial
    Advocates of separating church and state frequently - and correctly - recite the first phrase of the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion . . .," to support arguments against state-sponsored activities and expressions of faith. But the second half of that Establishment clause, "or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" is less frequently pondered. It is that "free exercise" language, however, around which entwines the case of Joshua Davey, now before the Supreme Court. The ruling could greatly expand the choices of those being educated with government dollars and, in the process, help erase...