RE: Why didn't Stormans bring a state free exercise claim?

2016-06-28 Thread Gregory S. Baylor
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RE: Zubik / Little Sisters - testing the scope via a hypothetical

2016-03-22 Thread Gregory S. Baylor
So, under this approach, would a court be empowered to assess the magnitude of the divine disfavor a plan sponsor claims it would suffer if it complied with the mandate? Thanks. Greg Baylor [Alliance Defending Freedom]<http://www.adflegal.org/> Gregory S. Baylor Senior C

RE: Unpacking the Zubik case

2015-11-09 Thread Gregory S. Baylor
Defending Freedom]<http://www.adflegal.org/> Gregory S. Baylor Senior Counsel, Director of Center for Religious Schools 202-393-8690 (Office) 202-888-7628 (Direct Dial) 202-347-3622 (Fax) gbay...@adflegal.org<mailto:gbay...@adflegal.org> ADFlegal.org<http://ADFlegal.org>

RE: For-Profit Corporations and the Section 702 Exemption

2015-03-10 Thread Gregory S. Baylor
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RE: Faith tests okayed for campus Christian group at ASU

2005-10-24 Thread Gregory S. Baylor
Title: Message For what it's worth . . . Those who drafted the CLS statement of faith intended it to be acceptable to people in the Protestant and Roman Catholic traditions. The current executive director of CLS is a Roman Catholic, and there are a number of Roman Catholics on the CLS

RE: Faith tests okayed for campus Christian group at ASU

2005-10-24 Thread Gregory S. Baylor
Title: Message "State sanction" strikes me as a loaded phrase. "Sanction" implies "approval" or "affirmation" or "imprimatur." What the CLS chapters are seeking is access to a forum for speech that is open to, in many cases, literally hundreds of student groups. None of the law schools that

RE: Faith tests okayed for campus Christian group at ASU

2005-10-24 Thread Gregory S. Baylor
Title: Message Neither CLS organizationally nor I personally are big fans of Smith. We joined a very diverse coalition of organizations that supported the congressional response to Smith (RFRA). We urged the Supreme Court to uphold RFRA in Boerne. After Boerne, we sought to re-assemble the

RE: Faith tests okayed for campus Christian group at ASU

2005-10-20 Thread Gregory S. Baylor
The couple you describe would not be eligible for leadership or voting membership. Greg Baylor Gregory S. Baylor Director, Center for Law and Religious Freedom Christian Legal Society 8001 Braddock Road, Suite 300 Springfield, VA 22151 703-642-1070 x3502 703-642-1075 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Faith tests okayed for campus Christian group at ASU

2005-10-20 Thread Gregory S. Baylor
of the Free Exercise Clause. We contend that government lacks a compelling interest in forbidding CLS chaptersto take religion and sexual conduct into account in their leadership and voting membership selection processes. Greg Baylor Gregory S. Baylor Director, Center for Law and Religious

RE: Faith tests okayed for campus Christian group at ASU

2005-10-20 Thread Gregory S. Baylor
that the CLS chapter can avoid this burden by eschewing recognition and attendant benefits does not make the government's rule constitutionally permissible. Greg Baylor Gregory S. Baylor Director, Center for Law and Religious Freedom Christian Legal Society 8001 Braddock Road, Suite 300 Sprin

RE: Faith tests okayed for campus Christian group at ASU

2005-10-20 Thread Gregory S. Baylor
exemption in the law. But that does not mean the constitution requires the exemption in this instance. I would argue it does not, though I would rather see the policy be otherwise within the law. Steve On Oct 20, 2005, at 5:38 PM, Gregory S. Baylor wrote: I agree with the firs

RE: Faith tests okayed for campus Christian group at ASU

2005-10-20 Thread Gregory S. Baylor
Title: Message In our representation of CLS chapters, we have consistently invoked Healy. Healy is cited in the Seventh Circuit's grant of our motion for injunction pending appeal of a federal district court's denial of our motion for preliminary injunction in our lawsuit against Southern