Political Moxie of Religious Groups/ Christian Legal Society

[Stephen Fox]

http://www.religiondispatches.org/archi ... ee/?page=2

CLS Worldview VS that of BJC

Could become an even more interesting discussion wihen you throw to two SCOTUS judges mentioned in the article into the mix.

[Stephen Fox]

http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?opti ... ew&id=3505

Pretty big chasm there

[Stephen Fox]

http://vimeo.com/11532968

In the intro to the Shurden Lectures this year featuring Martin Marty; you have reference to the Christian Legal Society whose recent staffer, UVA grad Casey Mattox hales from Collinsville,Alabama; and Ft. Payne's Cherilyn Crowe, Samford and Vanderbilt Grad.

The Nation would be better served in many matters if Dekalb County Alabama was more inclined to the notions of Crowe and the BJC, than Mattox and CLS.

Just 15 miles apart but chasms in strategy and understanding of what the best Baptist tradition is.

[Stephen Fox]

http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/5141/53/

[Stephen Fox]

http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/5283/53/

[Stephen Fox]

http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?opti ... Itemid=112

Casey I think has moved on from CLS to Charles Pickering's ADF; but he did work at CLS after leaving Collinsville, Al in 93

Cherilyn Crowe of BJC staff is from nearby Ft. Payne, so Dekalb Co Alabama is well reprsented in this matter.

[KeithE]

[Stephen Fox]

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/201 ... -11.0.html

I guess we are waiting on BDidd's opinion.

Hopefully he will have talked it over with Barry Hankins before he weighs in.

[Blake]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-gold ... 28329.html

I liked several of the points made in this Huffington Post opinion. I do think the ruling is worrisome and I do think many other college campuses will use the ruling as a pretext to get Christian ministry groups off their campuses. These very arguments have been used against multiple InterVarsity groups across the country already. I also wish the courts would recognize that membership in these Christian ministry organizations is often very different from membership in other organizations. Usually membership means everyone that attends events, but for campus ministries it only ever means the leaders are on the roster because everyone is always welcome to attend events no matter their sexual orientation, religion, politics, etc.

Membership to any organization on a college campus implies two things: a common goal and a common starting point. Most people don't realize how important the second factor is. By the current ruling of SCOTUS I should be able to join a football club fulling intending the goal of playing football, but should be able to sue the club if my starting point is practicing football by playing baseball. Should undergrads be able to sue grad level organizations because their academic status doesn't qualify them for membership? An undergrad can have the same passion and desire to do for biology what the grad does, but their starting point disqualifies their ability to interact on the same level.

[Stephen Fox]

In the middle of things teaming with SBC Peace Committee's Charles Pickering a Board member of the ADF:

http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news ... x?cid=5254

[Stephen Fox]

http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispa ... %E2%80%9D/

[Stephen Fox]

http://topstories.foxnews.mobi/quickPag ... pageNum=-1

CLS is hardwired to Charles Pickering of the SBC and Alliance Defense Fund