Our View: Elian case tests rule of law and family rights
The Elian Gonzalez case places a 6 year old at center stage of politics and law. The commission argues that returning him to his father in Cuba aligns with immigrant practice, though it risks harming his prospects in a dictatorship where children serve the state. The looming INS decision and appeals could render prior rulings moot, prompting a plea for patience and the child’s resilience.
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United States
Elian
Juan Miguel Gonzalez
U.S. Justice Department
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Lazaro Gonzalez
INS
Fidel Castro
Public Forum Address for Odessa American Letters
Odessa American invites reader comments via mail to PO Box 2952 Odessa Texas 79760 or by fax 915 333 7742. Online submissions are accepted at onletters link freedom com for readers to share opinions with the newspaper.
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A double standard in religion and politics in Elian era
CAL THOMAS argues religious right and left face unequal scrutiny in politics. He blames the National Council of Churches and Joan Brown Campbell for aligning with Cuba and Castro, arguing faith loses when allied with secular power. Open Doors data cited on Cuba’s religious restrictions. Thomas warns against faith subsuming to political agendas.
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Elian Gonzalez
National Council of Churches
NCC
Fidel Castro
Joan Brown Campbell
Campbell
Cuba
Elian
Juan Miguel Gonzalez
Washington
Castro
Heterodoxy
Mark Tooley
The
Institute On Religion and Democracy
Havana
United States
Jesus the Liberator
Jesus
Open Doors International
America
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Naked truth in Erie nudity ban sparks Supreme Court satire
Jacob Sullum decries the Erie Pennsylvania nudity ban as a source of comedy in which six justices split over whether pasties and G strings reduce crime. He notes the court deferred to local officials on secondary effects, questions the evidence, and warns liberal moral panic erodes constitutional rights. The piece ends by linking policy to freedom and tolerance.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
Kandyland
Scalia
Erie City
David Souter
First Amendment Lawyers Association
Daniel Linz
University of California At Santa Barbara
Linz
Eric
Sullum
Reason Magazine
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