Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge — 2
The argument that second generation followers “suffer” and need help is a fabrication designed to justify the indoctrination of these children in Japanese public schools.
Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge — 1
... since Japanese pastors have stopped practicing deprogramming and the “counseling” of reluctant members has declined, Japanese lawyers are seeking to collaborate with Korean pastors who are actively fighting against heresy and who are known…
Japan: Bias Ignored as Unification Church’s Recusal Motion Is Rejected
The fact that this “harm” was presented by a lawyer from the “National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales,” a group that has vowed to bring about the destruction of the Church, and that this…
Constitutional Issues in the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 6
The Supreme Court should now move beyond its 1996 Decision, deepen its understanding of the current Constitution—which, unlike the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, expressly guarantees freedom of association—and thereby…
Constitutional Issues in the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 5
... the fundamental cause of the Decision’s multiple errors in interpreting both constitutional law and the Religious Corporations Act lies in its failure to recognize that Article 20, paragraph 1 of the Constitution guarantees religious…
Constitutional Issues in the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 4
... when the state refuses to grant legal personality to a group, or deprives it of legal personality once it has been acquired, it effectively denies that group the precondition for enjoying a wide range…
Constitutional Issues in the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 3
... Japan’s legal system concerning the acquisition of legal personality by intermediate groups has undergone fundamental reform. Today, the interest of such groups in acquiring and maintaining legal personality should by no means be left…
Constitutional Issues in the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 2.
... the position that treats the freedom of association and the conferral of legal personality as separate issues has, in recent years, been significantly challenged by influential counterarguments, to the extent that it can no…
Constitutional Issues in the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 1
... This reasoning is premised on the view that a dissolution order has no legal effect that restricts the freedom of religion or the freedom of association (Article 20, paragraph 1 of the Constitution) of…
Terrorism, Constitution, or Judicial Overreach?
... believers currently cannot hold services or funerals in their churches. One cannot claim that academic freedom is intact while demolishing a university campus; likewise, prohibiting the use of all church facilities and assets is…