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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nathan Oman Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 2:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: B'nai Brith Canada wins in landmark supreme court caseonreligious freedoms Doug, Was the condiminium corporation at issue here a public housing facility, or does the Charter of Rights apply to private actors as well? Nate Oman ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Douglas Laycock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 14:45:26 -0500 > This is not my prose, but someone else's press release -- B'nai >Brith Canada's I think. I doubt we could get the same result in many U.S. >jurisdictions. > >>B'nai Brith Canada wins in landmark supreme court case >>on religious freedoms >> >>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >> >> >>June 30, 2004. >> >>MONTREAL - In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada has upheld >>the rights of all Canadians to follow their religious practices without >>interference by the courts. >> >>In what is widely seen as an illustration of this point, the Supreme >>Court of Canada has ruled that Jewish condominium owners in a Montreal >>building have the right to set up their own personal Succahs, temporary >>religious huts that are constructed in celebration of the Jewish holiday >>of Succot. B'nai Brith Canada's League for Human Rights had intervened >>in the matter following the initial refusal of the condominium >>corporation to allow observant Jewish residents to construct individual >>huts on their own balconies. >> >>Allan Adel, National Chair of B'nai Brith's League for Human Rights, >>reacting to the news, stated: "We are satisfied with the decision of the >>Supreme Court, which has applied a broad interpretation to the Charter >>guarantee of freedom of religion and believe it to be in the best >>interests of all Canadians. The Succah ruling is an important, >>groundbreaking case that champions the cause of religious freedom in >>Canada and will have important ramifications well beyond the immediate >>facts of the case." >> >>Montreal lawyer Steven Slimovitch along with B'nai Brith's Senior Legal >>Counsel David Matas, represented the League before the Court. >>Slimovitch, acknowledging that he was pleased with the verdict stated: >>"This decision sets an important precedent for the exercise of sincerely >>held religious beliefs. The High Court has upheld B'nai Brith's argument >>that State should not be the final arbiter of religious dogma. Rather, >>this must be a private matter set by each individual." >> >> >> >>Established in 1875, B'nai Brith is the Canadian Jewish community's >>leading human rights agency. >> > > > >Douglas Laycock >University of Texas Law School >727 E. Dean Keeton St. >Austin, TX 78705 > 512-232-1341 (voice) > 512-471-6988 (fax) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_______________________________________________ >To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > -- Nathan Oman http://www.tutissima.com http://www.timesandseasons.org -- _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw
