Re: NPR fires Williams over Muslim fears » GetReligion
Mike Findlay <[email protected]>
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Its a sticky wicket to be sure. I don't know that it violated the 1st amendment, although that argument was made. But many private organizations are leery of taking govt. money because of the obligations it creates. The become at least quasi government in doing so. Its well settled law that once you take govt. funds you are subject to greater constitutional, as well as regulatory, scrutiny because of the connection to the government. Catholic hospitals have wrestled with the issue of being able to refuse to perform abortions. Contractors with the US govt. are inundated with regulations and requirements to abide by standards applied by and to the govt. Hillsdale College in MI is rather famous for being the only college in the country that refuses ALL fed money including financial aid and they have done that so they aren't bound by the restrictions, constitutional and otherwise places on institutions that take govt. funds. Mike F. ----- Original Message ---- From: Peter T. Chattaway <petert-LOVM4QxV+tDq6eQxt3vRmLDks+cytr/[email protected]> To: DADL (off topic) <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, October 21, 2010 12:27:17 PM Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] NPR fires Williams over Muslim fears » GetReligion On Thu, 21 Oct 2010, Mike Findlay wrote: > No. Government funding makes you part of the government, it doesn't matter who >directed what. Its the same principle that makes universities subject to higher >constitutional scrutiny than private colleges. So, um, did Dubya's funding of faith-based organizations violate the First Amendment? Did those organizations become "part of the government"? -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot