Alan is factually right about his perception.
The polls have consistently shown that if you phrase a question about gay
marriage with a religious liberty guarantee protecting churches the pro-gay
marriage cohort jumps by 14% (from 29-43% of those polled). Most come from the
33% of support
Or folks can urge the Obama Education Department to update and reissue the
religious guidelines that for several years the Clinton administration sent out
widely across the country - guidelines based on the consensus views of a
coalition representing a broad range of viewpoints on church-state
One could argue that this is a classic example of the post hoc ergo propter hoc
fallacy, if of course, one were inclined to make such arguments.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Volokh, Eugene
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Not been a good week for Chabad. First, after one of its prominent
rabbis in Israeli calls for Prime Minister Olmert and other leading
politicians supporting a piece process to be lynched, there are calls to
end its special status as a provider of religious services within the
army and other
forget the specifics of this for a moment. I want to address whether religion
can ever be a factor of consideration for a court. If it would be appropriate,
as courts do regularly to take into consideration consistency in a child's life
in determining a child's best interest, why not
Amen
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Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 2:43 AM
To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics'
Subject: RE: Recent Threads / True Mental Health...
I would assume that the area of EC issues that is most tempting to think
of in terms of compelling interest has to do with government
expenditures not speech. If e.g. studies actually showed that religious
based substance treatment programs were decisively more effective than
non-religious
Kevin,
Eugene and Ed offer good answers. I would suggest another that I think
is even more pervasive and politically explosive.
Under the Civil Rights Act, the religious exemption for hiring is
significantly in play. To what degree and under what circumstances can
religious groups
Because of the Sabbath and Yom Kippur, I am just catching up with the
threads of the past few days. I wanted to add a note to the discussion
about the Muslim taxi drivers. There was a lot flying and I can't find
the original posting describing exactly the system of color coded cabs,
so forgive me
Bit of a strange posting for this listserv.
In any case, you might try being in touch with
Aaron Levine at Yeshiva University, Economics Department, who has written
extensively in English on related subjects ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). (His books will provide a basic primer.) He will certainly
I remain confused as to the facts.
Did they actually try to exclude people based on religious identity? I
assume that would be a clear violation of the NY law. It just isn't
clear to me why a Christian skating night open to everyone violates
the law as it is worded. If they wanted to hold a
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