<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 6/5/01 10:12:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
<BR>lnktheriot@home.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Now, if the A&S competition REQUIRED religious content in a
<BR>category, that would be a problem, especially if they specified the
<BR>religion.
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<BR>I would even wonder about that. Let's say it's a themed event, set in
<BR>Byzantium. One of the A&S categories might be icons. This category would
<BR>have a religious nature, but it is fitting to the theme of the event, and no
<BR>one says you must actually be Eastern Orthodox to enter the competition or to
<BR>judge it. And no one says you have to use the icons as prayer tools--just
<BR>paint them and display. I don't think such a competition would be in
<BR>violation of corpora.
<BR>Aye,
<BR>Eogan</FONT></HTML>