Legal Opinion
International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Barber
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 3, 1981No. 1046, Docket 80-7709PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
Tolerance of the unorthodox and unpopular is the bellwether of a society’s spiritual strength. A community sufficiently confident of its moral and political underpinnings trusts its members to employ reasoned and considered judgment in evaluating novel theories that seek to explain the meaning and purpose of life. The coercive mechanisms of restraint, violence, and suppression are not required to confront strange ideologies and unfamiliar rituals, however obnoxious they may be. This freedom to explore diverse political and religious doctrines, derived from the…
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