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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (2616)	2/20/2002 10:24:06 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 7720

A terribly sad story.....

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (2616)	2/20/2002 10:45:58 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

Looking for the good in everyone you meet is not a healthy lifestyle. Going around scared and suspicious is not a healthy lifestyle either. Better to love and lose than never love at all, IMO. Karen

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (2616)	2/26/2002 8:45:40 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7720

They eventually hit the jackpot with the Zantops, liberal professors at Dartmouth College known for their caring and compassion. Court Weighs Local Ordinance in Free Speech Case Jehovah's Witnesses' Rights at Issue in Door-to-Door Appeals By Charles Lane Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, February 26, 2002; 2:12 PM U.S. Supreme Court justices rained skepticism on an Ohio village's effort to regulate door-to-door proselytizing by the Jehovah's Witnesses, suggesting through their questions during oral arguments today that the local ordinance violates the religious group's rights to free speech. The Village of Stratton, a collection of some 300 largely elderly people living on the banks of the Ohio River, says its ordinance requiring a permit to go door-to-door is necessary to protect the safety and privacy of its residents, and applies equally to everyone. The Jehovah's Witnesses, who have a long history of fighting and winning free-speech cases at the Supreme Court, sued Stratton, claiming that the ordinance violates the First Amendment, but both a federal trial judge in Ohio and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit sided with the village. At the Supreme Court today, however, most of the pressure seemed to be on Abraham Cantor, the attorney for Stratton. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor asked whether the ordinance might also mean that trick-or-treaters should have to get a permit. Cantor said it would not. "We can all stipulate that the safest societies in the world are totalitarian societies," Justice Antonin Scalia remarked to Cantor, adding that accepting "some risk" of crime might be necessary to achieve liberty. Only Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist evinced a measure of sympathy for the village's approach, noting that two teenagers recently arrested for a brutal double murder in rural New Hampshire allegedly posed as poll-takers to gain access to homes in the area. The case is Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York v. Village of Stratton, No. 00-1737. A decision is expected by July. © 2002 The Washington Post Company