Stanley Fish on the ADF Pulpit Initiative
Stanley Fish, writing at his New York Times blog:
And that means that there is no way for Lynn and Stanley really to speak to one another because each begins with a different conception of the proper scope of religion. No court or legislature could adjudicate that difference, for if there is one thing everyone agrees on, it is that the state cannot specify what religion is or is not, cannot tell its citizens what should be the content of their faith. The First Amendment, invoked by both sides, cannot settle the question if there is total disagreement about what the question is.
Our previous post from September 27th contains links to all five installments of the Stanley-Lynn LA Times debate.
Unfortunately, Stanley Fish’s commentary indulges the fatal assumption that the First Amendment restricts non-governmental entities.