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...with disfavor on attempts by the state to cater to one particular religion. "There is and can be no doubt," the Justices said, "that the First Amendment does not permit the state to require that teaching and learning must be tailored to the principles or prohibitions of any religious sect or dogma." Ironically, the reasoning was used to strike down an Arkansas statute patterned after the Tennessee law that snared Science Teacher Scopes...
...place to rock. Man Ray has great music and even go-go dancers but the dance floor istoo crowded. Or if you want to rock closer tohome, try Jonathan Swift's (JFK street) fora melange of live bands. It's crowded, hot andvery loud, but there's a sect of Harvard studentswho swear...
...have reflected on your idea of brilliance. By becoming an obscene warped but unique and genuine caricature of the left, I expect you will be able to swing a few more centrists to your crude rightist sect...socialists, too, will run to the center or even further in the shadow of your pseudo-Stalinism...
Although the sect leader was accused of immigration-law violations, INS Agent Joseph Green testified in Charlotte that the guru's followers were plotting to kill the U.S. Attorney in Portland and the Oregon attorney general if the Bhagwan was imprisoned. A week earlier, an Oregon grand jury filed attempted murder charges against Ma Anand Sheela, 35, the Bhagwan's former secretary. She had fled the commune in September, prompting accusations from Rajneesh that she had conspired to murder his physician. Sheela was arrested last week in West Germany. In addition to the attempted murder indictment, she too has been...
Given the sect's penchant for put-ons, as well as its reportedly declining membership and lawsuits concerning the takeover of Antelope, outsiders did not know what to make of the bhagwan's statements. Neither, evidently, did the six different groups of lawmen that jointly began examining the guru's charges last week: the Oregon state police, the FBI, the Wasco County sheriff, the Dalles police, the state attorney general's office and the U.S. Attorney's office. Wasco County District Attorney Bernard L. Smith said at week's end that his office will coordinate an investigation of the situation...