Aaron: The Constitution only says the state can't
support the establishment of a religion.
Sean: By establishment does it mean inception,
or the committee/rulers of a religion? Is it a verb or a noun?
Aaron: Anything promoting the religion
Sean: So a noun?
Aaron: E.g. putting a manger in front of city hall
is not ok.
Sean: Only if city hall did it.
Aaron: Er, right. Yeah, noun, I guess.
Sean: But what if city hall decided that economics
is so complicated that they needed to create a new language to capture
its nuances? And what if a part of that language, one of the fundamental
aspects of its grammar, was the act of putting a manger outside of the
city hall building? Then it'd be protected under free speech, no?
Aaron: I think they'd be told to get a new
language.
From #swhack. And also, Aaron: "I don't think the Government has a right to free speech; that's an interesting cross-constitutional issue".