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...religion, it violates the Free Exercise Clause no less than if it had imposed a special tax...[Davey] seeks only equal treatment—the right to direct his scholarship to his chosen course of study, a right every other Promise Scholar enjoys.” Traditionally the Court??s most outspoken conservative, Scalia in this case rightly advocates individual choice...
Currier House Committee (HoCo) President Lacey R. Whitmire ’05 said the repositioning of the new cardio equipment—which now overlooks the basketball court??will allow spectators to exercise while cheering on their Intramural team...
...study of religion can lead to a nuanced and realistic understanding of today’s increasingly globalized world. Few have a problem with public money to fund such scholarship. What reasonable citizens object to is state funds paying for a dogmatic and colored religious education. Since the Supreme Court??s decision only applies to the funding of theology majors at “pervasively religious schools,” students studying religion at secular institutions will continue to receive public support. In essence, the Court has sought only to prevent taxpayer dollars from funding non-pluralistic religious...
Opponents of the Court??s ruling cite plaintiff Joshua D. Davey’s decision to attend Harvard Law School instead of becoming a minister as evidence that not all participants in his parochial college’s theology program become ministers. Thus, they argue, state scholarships are not necessarily being applied to the training of ministers. What their arguments fail to take into account is the systematically biased approach religious colleges take to teaching theology. States should only support the study of theology when it acknowledges religious choice and pluralism, or else they risk de facto state...
Because of the court??s ruling, Davey will not recover any scholarship funds, but he said the money meant little...