Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-03-01 Thread James Oleske
ng to other religious people who are struggling with this > issue. I think that dialogue is important and it is supported and advanced > when proponents of same-sex marriage express respect for sincerely held > religious beliefs. I think calling people bigots shuts down the > conversation. I understand that achieving recognition of s

RE: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-28 Thread Sisk, Gregory C.
issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief Greg Sisk's post re: how to think about the wedding photographer is just the compelled speech argument one more time. In the case of a photographer, a First A claim of compelled speech is plausible, though not entirely

Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-28 Thread Ira Lupu
-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto: > religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] *On Behalf Of *Alan Brownstein > *Sent:* Friday, February 28, 2014 1:38 AM > > *To:* Law & Religion issues for Law Academics > *Subject:* RE: bigotry and sincere religious belief > > > > Let me try

RE: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-28 Thread Conkle, Daniel O.
, February 28, 2014 1:38 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: bigotry and sincere religious belief Let me try to respond to Chip's post. He asks two basic questions. (1) Why should we be any more willing to accommodate religious objectors to same-sex marriage than

RE: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread Alan Brownstein
n...@lists.ucla.edu [religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Ira Lupu [icl...@law.gwu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 6:45 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: bigotry and sincere religious belief I think that the politics of the moment, and the conversations

Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread tznkai
declines to >> accompany another to a prayer service. Of course, we'd need to be careful >> in tailoring such an exception, so that it was not misused to, say, allow >> the taxi driver to refuse to deliver a person to a location, such as a >> church or military r

Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread Gaubatz, Derek
ace to you, Derek From: Greg Lipper Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:57 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Reply To: Greg Lipper Subject: Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief I would also add that Greg Sisk’s syllogism only works if (1) you are also willing to allow photograp

Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread James Oleske
As Chip notes, there are profound difficulties in trying "to use law as a instrument to sort the sincere objectors from the bigots and phobes." And until recently, our consistent approach to antidiscrimination laws and religious accommodations implicitly recognized what Chip ultimately concludes be

Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread Greg Lipper
uthor=44545 From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu> [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu>] On Behalf Of Steven Jamar Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 5:11 PM To: Law Religion & Law List Sub

Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread Ira Lupu
t saying this clears the decks altogether, but it > would be a starting point toward balance. > > > > > > Gregory Sisk > > Laghi Distinguished Chair in Law > > University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota) > > MSL 400, 1000 LaSalle Avenue > > Minneapolis,

RE: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread Sisk, Gregory C.
From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Steven Jamar Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 5:11 PM To: Law Religion & Law List Subject: Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief Importance: Low I get that religious people do not want to be di

RE: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread Levinson, Sanford V
nkle, Daniel O. Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 1:05 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: bigotry and sincere religious belief I don't pretend to have definitive answers to the questions that Chip Lupu and Kevin Chen are discussing. But I think the proper resolution

Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread Steven Jamar
I get that religious people do not want to be discriminated against. Indeed, they have lots of protections in the laws already protecting them from discrimination in employment, public accomodations, and so on. And they have lots of special treatment in the form of exemptions from laws that co

Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread Marc Stern
Louisiana State University 1 East Campus Drive Baton Rouge, LA  70803-0106225-578-0894225-578-0894 (of)518-605-0296518-605-0296 (m)From: tznkai To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:39 AM Subject: Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief

Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread Paul Finkelman
-0296 (m) From: tznkai To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:39 AM Subject: Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief I'm not sure how easily it could be done, but we ought to try on some level to prote

RE: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread Kahn, Robert A.
Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief I'm very pleased that my former (and highly able) student Kevin Chen is now participating in the list discussion. He wasn't shy about disagreeing with me in class, and his intellectual temperament has

RE: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread Conkle, Daniel O.
a.edu From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Ira Lupu Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 12:15 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief I'm very pleased that

RE: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread Alan Brownstein
other list members have nothing to contribute to the issues you raise - I do. Alan From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Ira Lupu Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:15 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: bigot

Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread Ira Lupu
I'm very pleased that my former (and highly able) student Kevin Chen is now participating in the list discussion. He wasn't shy about disagreeing with me in class, and his intellectual temperament has remained the same. For now, I intend to wait for other answers (if any appear) to the bigotry vs

Re: bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread tznkai
I'm not sure how easily it could be done, but we ought to try on some level to protect the sincere religious beliefs Because attempts to enforce by legal sanctions, acts obnoxious to go great a proportion of Citizens, tend to enervate the laws in general, and to slacken the bands of Society. If it

bigotry and sincere religious belief

2014-02-27 Thread Ira Lupu
I think that the politics of the moment, and the conversations we have been having (including the reference to Jim Oleske's provocative article about religious objections to inter-racial marriage compared to religious objections to same sex marriage, *Interracial and Same-Sex Marriages: Similar Rel