From: Max More (max@maxmore.com)
Date: Mon Apr 01 2002 - 14:51:09 MST
As most of you should know, the situation with Rémy Martinot's
parents in France is still a precarious one. It has made us
take a closer look at the legal challenges facing us even here
in the United States, and what we as Extropians can do to
ensure that we will be able to accomplish our goals with minimal
interference from local, state, and national governments.
Acordingly, I have asked Greg Burch to begin the paperwork
necessary for establishing The First American Church of Extropy,
a 501c(3)-exempt religious organization, to further our goals.
Religions have many legal advantages in this country and many
of its regions. Members of our church will be better able to
direct their medical care, and in particular will be able to
claim religious grounds for refusing autopsy and requiring
immediate cryopreservation of their mortal remains. Likewise,
we will have standing to protest school books and curricula
that conflict with or ridicule our beliefs; local school boards
are reluctant to dismiss the concerns of religious groups on
these matters. Finally, this may enable us to bring
constitutional challenges to many laws that interfere with
popular aspects of the Extropian lifestyle, including polyamory,
nootropic drug use, bodily enhancement, and weapon use.
Priestess Matasha will be available to solemnize weddings in
accordance with California Fmily Code section 307 for reasonable
fees that should help defray the cost of some of these changes.
We also intend to lobby Congress to make Isaac Newton's birthday
a national holiday.
We are not ready to accept formal memberships or take tithes,
but any of you with other questions can contact Deacon Russell.
Yours in the quest for eternal life,
Max
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http://www.maxmore.com
Strategic Philosopher
President, Extropy Institute. http://www.extropy.org <more@extropy.org>
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