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This early homemade baseball, commonly referred to as a "belt" or "belted" ball, is so named due to the design of the stitching which resembles an "H" in the center. Normally comprised of just one strip of leather, the offered "belt" ball is a variation of that design and was crafted using four separate pieces of leather. In the late 1850s the National Association of Baseball Players changed the standard specifications of a regulation ball. The new rules required that the baseball weigh 6.25 ounces (up from the previous standard of 5.5 ounces) and have a circumference of 10.25 inches (as opposed to the earlier measurement of 9 inches). The offered ball measures eight inches in circumference and weighs just 2.4 ounces, which indicates that it probably dates prior to that rule change, perhaps even much earlier. The ball displays heavy wear, including numerous abrasions, but the leather is still soft and all of the lacing remains intact. This is both an outstanding and rare relic dating from the earliest days of our national pastime. Reserve $200. Estimate $300+. SOLD FOR $1,175.00
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- Surveys for Franklin's bumble bee, conducted since 1998, clearly show declining population. Sightings decreased from 94 in 1998 to 20 in 1999 to 9 in 2000 to one in 2001. Sightings increased slightly to 20 in 2002, but dropped to three in 2003. Thorp saw none in 2004 and 2005; one in 2006; and none since.
Global bumble bee decline
According to a Xerces Society press release, bumble bees are declining throughout the world.
Researchers in Britain and the Netherlands have "noticed a decline in the abundance of certain plants where multiple bee species have also declined. For many crops, such as greenhouse tomatoes, blueberries and cranberries, bumble bees are better pollinators than honey bees, and some species are produced commercially for their use in pollination. "
Last October Thorp received a 2010-11 Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorship Award, from UC Davis to support his research on the critically imperiled bumble bee. The objectives of Thorp's research funded by the Dickson grant are to:
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Since May 2007 I have worked as News Producer, where my job was to produce local programmes and the following programmes continue on air and have been a blessing for many people:
- 2007 "Youth to the Rescue" and "Music for all"
- 2008 "Through History"
- 2009 "News Summary" and "The Hour of the Bible by Radio"
- 2010 "Youth Expression".
As a journalist, I produce programmes, conduct interviews and prepare reports and as Public Relations Officer, I am in contact with the general public and private institutions and churches of Tacna. This year, in 2012, I have the honour to preach the Word of God (a study in John's Letters) in "The Hour of the Bible" programme each Monday evening.
Elizabeth and I are in charge of the Youth Work in our church as well as being Sunday school teachers. In March 2012, I received the invitation to work as Director of Mission Projects amongst young people in the South of the Peru; an invitation I have accepted with great responsibility and gratitude. The greatest challenge is to form leaders who will be fully committed to God, His Church and also to evangelism. We need leaders who will be good examples for others and who also be a support for their pastors.
I have a Bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences and with specialties in journalism and public relations. On November 27th 2010 I married Elizabeth Cruz, who is a chemical engineer by profession, and our son Santiago was born in September 2012. We are members in the Manantial de Vida Baptist Church in Tacna.
In 2006, Ken Scott invited me to collaborate in the Radio Ministry in Tacna and I was in charge of the programming on the internet before beginning work as News Producer.
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- To keep working hard and saving so that my wife and I can buy a site upon which we can build our own home
- That the radio would become financially self –sufficient and if the Lord keeps me in this ministry that I would continue to know His help and direction.
- "The one who has no dreams, has no vision for the future". My next goal is to do a Doctorate and graduate by the time I am 30!
- To be able to count on a team of youth leaders, properly trained and committed to missionary work.
- For my work in the Radio - that God would be my Helper in everything I do.
- For my studies - that God may help in my thesis so that I can graduate soon.
- For the youth work - that God would grant me wisdom, patience, faith, and love.
- For my parents - that God would bless them with good health and give them many more years' together.
- For my in-laws - that they would accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.
- For my family - that God would continue caring for our baby.
Dear brothers and sisters, thank you so much for taking time to read this short profile.
From Tacna in Peru, I say goodbye with much appreciation and assure you that "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24: 15


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Varsity Breakout Team of the Week: Fairview boys soccer
The Fairview boys soccer team put together another solid season in 2012 with a 14-4-2 record. The season included a 5-0 win over Kennedy Catholic in the playoffs and several outstanding performances by the Tigers. Fairview picked up signature wins over Central Tech (2-0), Warren (1-0), North East (2-1) and Wilmington (7-0). In fact, Fairview tied Region 3 champion Mercyhurst Prep 1-1 and hung tough with Region 5 champion Harbor Creek in a 1-0 loss. The Tigers' season concluded Thursday with a 1-0 heartbreaking loss to Mercyhurst Prep, but Fairview won 14 matches and was a force this season.


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According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the NFL has fined Steelers Pro Bowl safety Troy Polamalu $15,000 for making a horse-collar tackle on Ravens running back Ricky Williams last Sunday.
The tackle occurred late in the third quarter on a 26-yard during the Ravens' 35-7 victory.
Polamalu can appeal the fine to a two-man panel appointed jointly by the NFL and the NFL Players Association.
""It definitely wasn't on purpose," Polamalu said. "I've never intentionally tried to horse collar anybody."
Polamalu wouldn't discuss the fine other than to say, "I'm not a big fan of people being vocal about the fines."


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The Long Goodbye
How to best describe Game 162 at Citi Field yesterday?
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Fabricated Fans
Between the money the team will save by eliminating stewards, attendants, medical staff and insurance for the shuttered seats (about $130,000 per season) and the extra ad revenue it may earn, team owner Stefano Fantinel says the experiment "will pay for itself very soon."
What I didn't see mentioned in this article is the fact that screen-printed PVC tarps do not produce general crowd noise nor respond with a collective roar for great plays. Conversely, the concocted fans presumably do not boo poor plays nor heckle players.
Guest Appearance
I recently had the pleasure of being extended an invitation to write a guest post for another blog devoted to the New York Mets: Mets Gazette. I was honored to have been asked, and my response is included in a regular feature of Mets Gazette: "The Pulsipher of the Nation".
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As grateful as I always am to take a vacation, and as much as I love that our family shares a passion for ballgames and the Mets, our family's tradition of following the Mets for numerous roadtrips each summer is killing me.
With our season ticket package at Citi Field, we are at virtually every home game. But for many summers now, we have taken advantage of the fact that my daughter is not in school nor am I working in the summer and have planned and taken vacations based around Mets away games.
In our various sojourns, we have seen the Mets play at every National League ballpark with the exception of three: AT & T Park, Coors Field, and Busch Stadium. We have also seen the Mets play in several Americal League venues and in Spring Training games at Port St. Lucie. In addition to seeing all those games and ballparks, we have also been to nearby venues: National Parks, art museums, science museums, historical sites, amusement parks, aquariums, zoos and animal parks, beaches, and restaurants featuring regional fare.
We've been granted rare access to our favorite players in ballparks having more lenient rules for observing Batting Practice and getting autographs. Due to generally lower ticket prices at other parks compared to Citi Field prices, we have been able to sit in even better seats than we do at Citi Field. Both of those amenities have afforded me the opportunity to shoot photos from some amazing vantage points. The photos I have returned with have become some of our most treasured souvenirs.
Additionally, we've had the unexpected pleasure of running into friends (and teachers!) from home in some faraway places. We have made the acquaintance of other Mets fans, and we have met and had conversations wtih members of the media. Last summer, while covering the team for the Daily News, Adam Rubin (who is now a journalist for ESPN-NY) was seated across the aisle from me on our flight from San Diego to Phoenix. In 2007, SNY-TV's Gary Cohen happened to be seated behind me on our outbound flight from New York to Pittsburgh; we approached him at baggage claim (where this photo was taken.) Both journalists were very personable, and we had the most delightful conversations with each of them!
This all sounds like the makings of dream vacations, right? How lucky am I to see so many Mets games?!
Here's the problem: for all the delights–both planned and unexpected–neither wins nor a favorable standing in the NL East by the time the planned roadtrip is made is guaranteed. The heartbreak of having to watch terrible losses or a scrappy team that is way out of it–all without the support of an entire stadium of fans with which to commiserate–can be painful or even excruciating.
Last year's trip: a four-game series in San Diego followed by a three-game series in Arizona late in the season was particularly disappointing baseball-wise with the Mets having so many regulars on the DL and the team being so far out of contention. Maybe paying the big bucks for a small prop plane tour over and into the Grand Canyon was our way of salvaging the trip…for ourselves, if not for the team.
While this season's pre-All-Star-Game Spector Family Roadtrips–Washington, Baltimore, and Milwaukee–provided some wins and some unique opportunities (such as seeing the rookie Stephen Strasburg in a game in Washington), the final trip, to Los Angeles, was a struggle for the team and, therefore, for me.
Losing three out of four was no fun. Neither was having Dodger fans in our faces during every exit from Dodger Stadium following the game.
The two-day trip to Disneyland prior to the series, scheduled primarily for my daughter's enjoyment, proved to be the highlight of the trip for me as well. Let's just say that Dodger Stadium could not be mistaken for the Magic Kingdom in any way . Even our enchanted knuckleballer–the unexpected knight in shining armor of the starting rotation, R.A. Dickey–was not allowed conjure up his deceptive magic for very long, being yanked early in his start there.
Sometime following our return from L.A.–in the midst of one of the games during the frustrating homestand just concluded, perhaps around the time I and other fans found out that Mets ownership declined to take any action prior to the trade deadline–I snapped.
"I think I need a break from these Mets roadtrips," I told my husband and daughter. "Having to suffer Mets losses–both home and away–are killing me." .
No doubt, when the 2011 season is announced, I will salivate at potential trips and this low point will be long forgotten. But if we do decide to declare a moratorium on Mets roadtrips, I can think of one immediate benefit (besides not having to suffer losses without the home crowd): seeing those away games on SNY and hearing the great on-air talent of Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling, and Gary Cohen.
I know those guys will always follow the team for me…win or lose.
All-Star Oboist
I once played in an All-Star Concert.
The ensemble was not designated as such, but it met the definition in all respects. As you can see in the image to the right, a sticker put on the plastic jewel case containing a recording of the group's concert attested to the fact.
On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, an orchestra–dubbed the "World Orchestra for Peace"–conducted by Sir Georg Solti, was assembled for a performance surrounding the celebration of the anniversary in Geneva, Switzerland. For this inaugural UN concert in 1995 (there have been others since), every single one of the players Solti invited accepted immediately. The players represented 45 orchestras, from 24 countries:
The concert opened with Rossini's Overture to William Tell (a nod to the Swiss Tell). It was followed by Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra. (Bartok and Solti were not only fellow Hungarians, but Solti was a student of Bartok.) The concert concluded with vocal soloists and chorus joining the ensemble for the rousing finale of Beethoven's opera Fidelio in which freedom and peace are celebrated by newly-released political prisoners and jubilant civilians.
'…I picked the Beethoven for the qualities of brotherhood, liberty and humanity, and the Rossini overture as a homage to Switzerland, but the Bartok for a number of reasons. Not only is he one of my favourite composers, but he also encompasses the whole world: his music is very Western, but based on an Eastern culture.' Sir Georg Solti
To get a taste of the concert (available both on video and on audio releases), watch this video clip of the William Tell Overture performance. What a fiery and dynamic performance Solti led! Those amazing trombones! The delicate pianissimos!
By the way, you can catch a glimpse of me from 5:34-5:48 as I respectfully listen to the English Horn soloist to my left.
I have so many wonderful memories and stories from my participation in that event, but–like David Wright's wide-eyed anticipation about playing tonight on the same team as his child-hood idol Scott Rolen–one of the highlights of the experience in Geneva was performing alongside one of my idols of the oboe for as long as I had been a student of the instrument: Richard Woodhams. (I recently wrote a post comparing Woodhams' illustrious oboe playing and his preeminence in the world of woodwind playing to that of Sandy Koufax in the realm of pitching.)
Subsequent World Orchestra for Peace concerts have taken place, not always with the same musicians. Although I was again invited to participate, I could not participate beyond the initial year because of the Metropolitan Opera schedule.
But I have the CD, the DVD, and the memories of making music on a stage filled with "big league" instrumentalist from all over the world, under the baton of one of the greatest maestros of all time.
With diplomats and dignitaries from many countries (including Yasar Arafat), it was a special day and, truly, a red carpet event. Speaking of which, I'm going to now watch the Red Carpet parade of All-Stars in Ahaheim, followed by the All-Star Game itself.
Let's go National League!
The Prince of Queens
Royalty stepped onto the pitching mound yesterday afternoon at Citi Field.
I'm sorry to say that I was not referring to our ace pitcher, Johan Santana. His start yesterday was not, um, imperial in the least.
I instead refer to the ceremonial first pitch before yesterday's game which was thrown by Prince Harry of Wales. His Royal Highness is in town for several days and yesterday was the guest of the Wilpons. Besides having the honor of throwing out the first pitch, he also received coaching from R. A. Dickey as well as a special Mets jersey (number 22 ) with "Wales" on the back.
Hearing from friends seated near us what was going to take place prior to the game, my daughter wondered if he would appear wearing a crown. My husband and I laughed at that thought. "Yes, and flowing red velvet robes."
With my telephonto lens pointed at the dugout, I recognized his shock of red hair immediately. I was delighted to announce to my daughter that, in fact, the Prince was going to be coming out momentarily, wearing a ratty looking Tshirt and faded grey pants!
I doubt any Mets fan were disappointed by any lack of fanfare or regal robes.
Far more regal than any jewel-encrusted crown was the METS HAT he had donned prior to taking the mound.
Yada, Yada, Yada!
My family and I have season tickets at Citi Field. Not only do they afford an awesome view of the game, but they are right in front of the SNY TV booth.
It's always a thrill to catch a glimpse of sportscasters Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling, and Gary Cohen. Sometimes one of them will even wave back to us during the Seventh Inning Stretch.
Tonight there was even more interest in what was going on behind us as Jerry Seinfeld was given a Father's Day gift of joining Keith and Gary in broadcasting a portion of the game.
I was lucky enough to get this photo of Seinfeld talking to Cohen at the end of the second inning, moments before he donned his headset and began fulfilling a lifelong dream.
You can see and hear his "debut" on MLBTV.
Potato Dumpling Dumped
We've warned our children. Teachers have cautioned students. Heck, at the beginning of the school year, President Obama made the admonition in a nationally televised address to the nation's school children: be very, very careful what you choose to post on Facebook.
Apparently, one of the four "racing pierogies" of PNC Park in Pittsburgh–an imitation of the original racing sausages at Miller Park–has lost his job due to personal posts made on his Facebook Wall.
I don't know whether this little potato dumpling just did not have enough spuds between his ears, but he unwisely wrote derogatory remarks about the team on his Facebook Wall. The comments were seen by officials for the Pirates.
He was subsequently fried…er, fired.
The former Pierogi will be losing minimal dough as he has already been offered a job as a hot dog for the Washington Wild Things.
Mr. Met, you've been forewarned.
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Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn (2010)
An Arizona program allows taxpayers to direct part of their tax money to Ňschool tuition organizationsÓ that provide scholarships to Arizona students. An overwhelming majority of the resulting scholarships were awarded by religious organizations and supported students who attend religious schools. While we believe this is a clear violation of the separation of church and state, ADL joined a coalition of organizations specifically to argue against a troubling claim by one of the litigants, the Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization (ACSTO): that the challengers of this unlawful program do not have a right even to bring this claim to court. ADL argued that there is no legal basis to accept ACSTO's position and that if it were accepted, it would undermine the Establishment Clause and upend decades of settled jurisprudence.
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Salazar v. Buono (2009) In this case, the Supreme Court will resolve a long battle between Congress and the courts surrounding a 74-year-old 8-foot-tall cross (which has been replaced several times) standing on Sunrise Rock in California's Mojave National Preserve. The Ninth Circuit ruled that the government could not maintain the statue nor could it evade the strictures of the First Amendment by transferring title to the small parcel of land on which the cross sits to a private party. In support of the ruling below, ADL argues, as part of a coalition, that the government cannot transfer a small piece of land in the middle of a public park to private control merely to protect the religious monument that stands on it, and should not restrict the right of Americans to sue when confronted with violations of the Establishment Clause. PDF 264 kb
Pleasant Grove City v. Summum Pleasant Grove City, Utah, refused a request by Summum, a religious organization, to place their Seven Aphorisms monument next to an existing Ten Commandments monument in a public park. The 10th Circuit ruled in favor of Summum, on free speech grounds, holding that the park was an open forum that Ňthe city cannot close...by fiat.Ó Because of 10th Circuit precedent, no Establishment Clause claim was raised by Summum. ADL joined in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court which argued (a) the free-speech analysis is improper because permanent monuments are government speech and (b) the Establishment Clause provides the proper framework for this case, regardless of 10th Circuit jurisprudence. In a 9-0 decision, the Court held that the display of monuments in public parks constitutes government speech. Importantly, the Court's dicta noted that when the government chooses monuments to display, it "must comport with the Establishment Clause" and cannot promote or endorse religion.PDF 191 kb
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Bronx Household of Faith v. Board of Education of the City of New York (Second Cir. 2012)
The NYC Board of Education has waged a 10-plus year battle to prevent one of its schools from being turned into a house of worship in violation of the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution. In 1995, Bronx Household, a Christian organization, sought to use P.S. 15, a public elementary school, for its weekly worship services. The Board of Education repeatedly denied the request. Bronx Household sued, claiming the Board of Education was discriminating against the church. The Board of Education was ultimately required to permit Bronx Household to use the space. Bronx Household has used P.S. 15 every Sunday for more than 10 years for its weekly worship services. This case goes to the heart of the constitutional separation of church and state. The Constitution makes clear that government should neither promote nor be hostile to religion. When a church has held Sunday services in a public school building for more than 10 years, it is clearly inappropriate and could be understood as an endorsement by the school of the church and its mission. In an amicus brief submitted to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, ADL argues that, in this situation, where a church has continuously used a public school for worship services for more than 10 years, its use would be understood as an endorsement by the school of the church and its mission, in clear violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. PDF 82 kb
Awad v. Ziriax, et. al. (10th Circuit, 2011)
In November 2010, Oklahoma voters approved the ŇSave Our State Amendment. This state constitutional provision specifically prohibits Oklahoma courts from considering Islamic (Sharia) Law, as well as generally prohibits consideration of legal precepts from other nations or cultures. A federal district court granted a preliminary injunction barring implementation of the amendment. Arguing that the amendment violates the federal Establishment Clause, ADL's amicus brief asks the Tenth Circuit to affirm the lower court decision. Specifically, it reasoned that fundamental to the Establishment Clause is a prohibition on approval or disapproval of any particular faith. Furthermore, the plain text of the amendment, as well as the circumstances surrounding its legislative passage, clearly demonstrate disapproval of the Islamic tradition. Therefore, the measure discriminates against Islam in violation of the Establishment Clause. PDF 143 kb
Westphal v. Wagner (Ninth Circuit, 2010)
The elected board of trustees of a public community college in California deliver prayers at a whole host of events throughout the academic year, including graduation, the annual scholarship-award ceremony, faculty-training programs, building dedications, and the like. Students are encouraged, and or required to attend many of the events. For years, students, faculty, and staff have publicly objected to the District's prayer practice, requesting that a moment of silence or some other, less divisive practice be adopted instead. In response, the College has expanded the prayer practice, making the prayers more religious and divisive. Plaintiffs sought an injunction which the district court denied. ADL filed a letter brief in the Ninth Circuit arguing that the use of prayer at public colleges violates the Establishment Clause. PDF 134 kb
Doe v. Indian River School District (3rd Circuit, 2010)
Indian River School District provided School Board Members with the opportunity to open public school board meetings with prayer, and unfettered discretion to choose the content of that prayer. These prayers were overwhelmingly sectarian and all of the sectarian prayers were explicitly Christian. Students regularly participate in school board meetings for school-related reasons (receiving awards, representing government, expulsion hearings) and students, as any citizens, have a right to attend the meetings. ADL argued that the District Court erred in finding that such religiously biased prayer was permitted by Supreme Court precedents and that presence of such blatant government-promoted sectarian prayer was particularly disturbing, and patently unconstitutional. PDF 153 kb
Joyner v. Forsyth County (Fourth Circuit, 2010)
Forsyth County's Board of Commissioners meetings are regularly opened with an invocation delivered by local clergy. Prayer givers are selected on a rotating basis from a database of religious congregations. In practice, most of the prayers contained some reference to Jesus Christ, Savior, or the Trinity. A district court held that the prayers were a violation of the Establishment Clause and did not fall into the category of legislative prayer upheld by the Supreme Court in Marsh v. Chambers. The case was appealed and ADL joined an interfaith coalition in filing an amicus brief which explained that sectarian prayer effectively excludes many members of minority religions by discouraging those persons from attending or participating in legislative sessions and risks excluding them from the civic process. PDF 153 kb
ACLU of Ohio v. DeWeese (Sixth Circuit, 2010)
An Ohio judge who had been ordered to remove a Ten Commandments display from his courtroom in 2000 was sued over his newest display called "Philosophies of Law in Conflict." This poster purports to contrast the "moral absolutes" of the Ten Commandments (which are on the poster) with the "moral relatives" of "humanist principles." The judge wrote on the poster that the law must be based on absolutes. ADL joined with Americans United, the Interfaith Alliance, the Hindu American Foundation and the Union for Reform Judaism in an amicus brief which argued that ACLU had standing to bring a challenge to the display. The brief also argued that Judge DeWeese's rationalization for the Ten Commandments display as legal theory is another in a long line of efforts to secularize religious doctrines in attempts to evade Establishment Clause concerns. PDF 217 kb
McCollum v. California (Ninth Circuit, 2009)
This case involves a Wiccan clergy member challenging a policy of the California Department of Corrections which limits paid clergy positions to members of five religions. The plaintiff was denied his right to bring a lawsuit because the Court thought he wasn't the correct party to do so. ADL joined a group of civil rights organizations in arguing that the clergy member deserved his day in court, and that even if being unconstitutionally denied a job wasn't a good enough reason to challenge the policy, as a taxpayer he should have had the right to challenge the use of government funds that favor some religions over others. PDF 78 kb
Stratechuk v. South Orange – Maplewood School District (U.S.C.A. Third Circuit, 2009)
This case involves a school board policy to reduce the religious holiday content of school music concerts by requiring that "religious music, like any other music,
can only be used if it achieves specific goals of the music curriculum." A suit was brought by a parent arguing that the policy amounts to hostility toward religion
and that it deprives students of the right to receive information and ideas. The lower court upheld the policy. ADL joined with AJ Congress, AJC, NCJW and
JCPA in filing an amicus brief arguing that the policy does not violate the First Amendment. PDF 118 kb
Cooper v United States Postal Service (Second Circuit 2008). The United States Postal Service contracted with a church for the operation of a so-called "contract postal unit." The church, however, used the contract postal unit to deliver its proselytizing religious messages. ADL urged the Untied States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Court to affirm the judgment of the district court, finding an Establishment clause violation. ADL argued that the church functioned as a state actor when operating the contract postal unit and that the religious activities of the Church (while delivering postal services) impermissibly intertwines the government and religion. ADL also argued that even if the church wasn't a state actor, the requirement that the government's customers Đ postal patrons Đ endure church proselytizing and messages was an independent violation of the Establishment clause. PDF 166 kb
American Atheists v Duncan (No. 08-4061).
ADL urged the 10th Circuit to hold unconstitutional the placement of crosses along highways by the Utah Highway Patrol Association to memorialize officers who died in the line of duty. The League's amicus brief in American Atheists v. Duncan challenges a lower court decision which permitted the erection of these crosses on the basis that the cross is not a religious symbol, but rather a secular symbol of death, and thus the erection of crosses in this case does not breach the Establishment Clause. The brief argued that indeed the cross is a long-standing religious symbol, cannot be interpreted as a secular symbol, and that the State's displays in this case show a preference by the government of one religion over another, in violation of the First Amendment. PDF 225 kb
Busch v Marple (3rd Cir 2007).
This case focused on the constitutional different between teaching about religion and in-class religious indoctrination. The Marple Newtown School District had a program that was designed to involve parents in their children's kindergarten classes. One parent sought to take advantage of this program by reading proselytizing Bible verses to her child's classes. The school district prohibited this attempt to inject religious indoctrination into the classroom, and won the resulting lawsuit filed against it in the District Court. When the parent appealed, ADL filed a brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, arguing that there is a fundamental and constitutionally required difference between the activities that were permitted at various times in the kindergarten classroom Đ for example, Ňshow and tellÓ explaining the significance of a dreidel in a neutral manner Đ and reading directly from Holy Scripture. In short, ADL argued that that a line can and must be drawn that protects free and open discussion of cultural and religious differences but does not permit proselytizing in the public schools.
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