is a kind of religion, i might be wrong about that but i think unitarianism is considered religion. if that is the case then a school that is promoting unitarian beliefs would not be eligible for the program. >> my understanding on the case of california provided public education they did allow local religious schools to participate in this program and the main supreme court found that that was only recent name change course the whole discussion of equivalent public schools. most scholars would've concluded accurate what is significant after zelman came out, the main legislature understood that they could include religious schools in the program, there was debate to remove the religious exemption. if you look at the statements made during the debate it is clear that the legislatures to removing the exclusion had interest different than establishment they had concerns about making sure public education is religiously neutral in its inclusive and nondiscriminatory. >> the date after the attorney general change position but the change was due to the attorney general's opinion. >> that

what i described is pretty close to unitarian universalism, isn't it? that is a religious community. so that would be okay. that religious community is okay. they can have a school that inculcates students with their beliefs because those are okay religious beliefs. but other religious beliefs, no. is that what maine is doing? >> what i'm saying, your honor, is that -- again this is what i said in response to the chief justice's questions. we have two schools here at issue. there are other schools that could come in the future that are going to pose thornier questions. those might be challenges that could be brought at that point. so, you know, i can't sit here and tell you whether or not the department much education would aprow a unitarian school. we just have to know more information about what their crick lunl is and how they are teaching it. they -- >> unless you can say you would treat a unitarian school the same as a christian school or an orthodox jewish school or a catholic school, then i think you've got a problem of discrimination among relig

which it were able to magically transport ourselves to modern plymouth in 2020, you would see the unitarian universalist churches there and we would be on leiden street. that's the street we re-create. use a number of of different domestic dwellings and where the houses are placed on a re-created street is based on a map fragment that was left in william bradford has. the gardens based on inventory and list of feeds you find in documents like the brewster book from the will jim brewster family. the idea is to help our guests walk into an accurate we creation of the past and to feel that they've been physically transported and mentally transported as well. >> my name is elizabeth howland and i been here for seven years. my family and i decided we're going to come to visit the new world in 1620 or so. on a ship called the mayflower that brought us here. being that i was 13, i cared for the other children and my parents. when we were in the harbor, people were getting sick with coughs and colds. it was tedious. we sing songs, pray a lot to try to sleep. but the sounds of the animals were alway

i said, tongue and cheek, we were devoutly unitarian. he just rolled his eyes. but i had a wonderful opportunity because coincidentally, the universe had provided, i was working at the jewish community library. so, i had resources to the staff to the collections, to people. job was to read books for the book club in a box program. all day every day, i was sitting and reading the experience and watching the form of variation and every geographical place. so, it was a crash course in judeaism. so, everything that i had not within taught as a young -- not been taught as a young person, was filling up the reservoir and understanding and having a particular perspective. as i said, i didn't have it to begin with. but i was growing it. somehow the similar to what marnie indicated. >> fascinating. believe it or not, we have one minute left in our conversations. i am wondering for anyone who might be listening or know someone in their world, in your particular state of discovery, what is one thing you might suggest to someone who fines themselves discovering that they ar

the event is held at the first unitarian church. it runs from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 this afternoon. they asked that you bring your id and proof of vaccination. as you are waking up with us, we will check back in witmeteorolo. lisa: emeryville, low 50's. south wind making it a cold frot for this christmas holiday. it will bring heavy downpours and maybe even a thunderstorm. we will track that and talk about a soggy looking holiday weekend when we come back. julian: also, many are using at home covid-19 tests. we are looking at what it can mean for the pandemic data. and the most powerful telescope nespresso vertuo. redifining coffee. with one touch. precision brewing technology. a smooth crema. for an exceptional coffee every day. nespresso vertuo. what coffee is meant to be. - hi, i'm steve. - i'm lea. and we live in north pole, alaska. - i'm a retired school counselor. [lea] i'm a retired art teacher. [steve] we met online about 10 years ago. as i got older, my hearing was not so good so i got hearing aids. my vision was not as good as it used to be, got a change in prescription. b

and so i can't sit here and tell you whether or not the department of education would approve the unitarian school we just have to know more information about what the curriculum is and how they are teaching it pretty. >> and thus you could say you treat the schoole the same as te christian school or jewish school or a catholic school. and that you could have a problem of discrimination among religious groups regardless of the religious group that is affiliated with a particular school. >> so part of the challenge i think with the religion itself and that is an issue at this point they struggled with over the years in cases like the irs tax exemptions and conscientious objection status of questions always come up about whether it is religion or is it something else and i think that most people would believe that it's a religion and might not be premised on the sins of a supremely being but i think that most people would agree that it's a kind p of religion. i might be wrong about that but i think it is probably considered religious. it's promoting police that would not be eligible for the p

the event is held at first unitarian church at franklin and gary boulevard from 1:00 p.m.lbrae where two died during storms. a 30 second flash flood caught the victims in their car. the car drove into the flooded street where it dips under a pass. a public works employee was able to save two people in another car that also got stuck. we check in with lisa. lisa: good morning. we have rain that will increase throughout the day, live doppler 7 showing you a loop of heavier downpours in the north bay advancing steadily down through central san rafael and around marin county and also off of the coast. we could also see an embedded thunderstorm towards the east bay with light showers around livermore and a sprinkler two around mountain view. above 1000 feet the wind is gusty at 25 to 35 miles per hour. the front will accompany the gusty wind and then the colder air moves in behind it. this is the rainfall outlook for christmas day, half an inch in oakland looking at three quarters of an inch in ben loman and in the north bay looking at more shower activity into sunday. temperat

the event is held at the first unitarian church on franklin and gary boulevard from 1:00 to 4:00 this of vaccination. a small memorial lines the road in millbrae where two people died during storms on thursday. and investigators say a flash flood trapped the victims in a car. the car drove into the flooded street where it dips under a pass. a public works employee was able to save the two people and another car they got stuck. now we check in with lisa for a look at the holiday forecast. lisa: a line of showers continues to march to the south and east. you can see the yellows. embedded thunderstorms possible. 580 and city, south city, through san francisco, heavier downpours. 's will continue to march to the south and east through the south bay through the afternoon. the winds straight out of the south 30 to 40 miles an hour from mount diablo. make sure the lids are on the trash cans. as the front moves through, colder air arrives. rainfall totals from today into early tomorrow, about one inch in the city. less in the north bay. if you get under one of the heavy downpours, you can eas

that you have to kind of digging into that a little bit because it's kind of like number one, any unitarian, is this if you like actually having an impact we feel like this is an absolute mess in my commander does not know what they're doing and will use all of the and can decipher them this their experience number one, number two, remember most, there's going to be this drive, i should say most, the u.s. cts, different motivations, sometimes it into the union army and survey simply to make money and get have of slavery so they might for a while like the idea of being a powerful force occupying read but as an incredible miserable service what you see from a lot of the letters is that they didn't even necessarily want to sign up for this, it was their option to get away from slavery. that's when talking about when you really have to break down that there often and this is true, african-american unit is after studying, i really think that we have to kind of get away from the massachusetts model when you're looking at the units that are formed out of enslaved of men who are desperately trying