tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post7813499911062064824..comments2024-02-19T07:24:42.397-08:00Comments on Anglican Curmudgeon: Arguing the Virginia CasesA. S. Haleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-91182604063429087612010-04-08T05:32:16.624-07:002010-04-08T05:32:16.624-07:00I would only add that the two cases (TEC vs. paris...I would only add that the two cases (TEC vs. parishes and DioVA vs. parishes) are being argued separately, albeit consecutively, so there may be some opportunity for the differences in strategy you note to play out at oral argument.Jeff Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662228150180705795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-85050045512098068172010-04-07T12:47:54.169-07:002010-04-07T12:47:54.169-07:00Dear Mr. Haley,
I would suspect that a much more ...Dear Mr. Haley,<br /><br />I would suspect that a much more interesting question, if it is capable of being raised by the appellees, would be what relevance attaches to the appellants' questions involving "<i>hierarchical churches</i>" when evidence that TEC, as opposed to the Diocese, is hierarchical has neither been presented in the original trial(<i>i.e.</i>, an assertion is not evidence) nor does such evidence exist in the governing documents of TEC.<br /><br />Raising that issue successfully might well render irrelevant several of the questions upon which both TEC and the Diocese appear to be relying.<br /><br />Pax et bonum,<br />Keith TöpferMartial Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11679584221923893460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-24448610617072534682010-04-07T12:07:36.745-07:002010-04-07T12:07:36.745-07:00This is a very good summary of the law and the dif...This is a very good summary of the law and the different positions. The only thing I might add is that I believe at most, if not all, of the voting churches, there was first a vote of affiliation and then also a vote as to the disposition of the property. I know at my local church the vote was well over 95% to affiliate with CANA and the second vote, that the controlling majority should receive the property, was even higher - nearly unanimous.<br /><br />This may be a minor or irrelevant fact, but it's the only thing I see to add.<br /><br />Good work.Václav Patrik Šulikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776897108406930562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-5319495164786055262010-04-07T08:42:51.401-07:002010-04-07T08:42:51.401-07:00Thank you for your careful work in presenting and ...Thank you for your careful work in presenting and summarizing some of the legal issues in this case. This is a real gift to the church. I look forward to your follow-up.<br />Tom WoodwardThomas B. Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08742944114518979523noreply@blogger.com