It is also worth noting that California Workplace Religious Freedom Act, enacted in 2012, not only imposed a stronger duty to accommodate religious employees on employers generally. It also explicitly included religious dress and grooming practices in the religious belief and observance protected by the Act. This language was in direct response to the concerns of the Sikh community in California.
Alan Brownstein ________________________________ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu <religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu> on behalf of Paul Finkelman <paul.finkel...@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 10:50:31 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Sikhs in the Army It is worth remembering that in Goldman v. Weinberger Justice Stevens had no problem accepting the Reagan administration's arguments that if Captain Goldman was allowed to wear a yarmulke then the whole military establishment would be under threat from a Sikh wanting to wear a turban. ****************** Paul Finkelman John E. Murray Visiting Professor of Law University of Pittsburgh School of Law 532 Barco Law Building 3900 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA. 15260 paul.finkel...@pitt.edu<mailto:paul.finkel...@pitt.edu> paul.finkel...@yahoo.com<mailto:paul.finkel...@yahoo.com> o) 412-648-2079 c) 518.605.0296 ________________________________ From: Alan Hurst <alan.hu...@aya.yale.edu> To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics <religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 12:22 PM Subject: Re: Sikhs in the Army That's great news, Eric. Congrats, and thanks for sharing! Alan On Jan 9, 2017 10:12 AM, "Eric Rassbach" <erassb...@becketfund.org<mailto:erassb...@becketfund.org>> wrote: All -- Thought the list would be interested in this development: http://www.becketfund.org/ sikh-military-victory/<http://www.becketfund.org/sikh-military-victory/> Happy 2017, Eric ______________________________ _________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/ mailman/listinfo/religionlaw<http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw> Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
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