RE: Minister convicted for teaching parishioners to punish children byhitting them on the bare buttocks with wooden dowels

2012-05-14 Thread Steve Sanders
Here's another story from last year stating that the pastor and others had been charged with multiple counts of actual child abuse: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/26/members-of-aleitheia-bible-church-in-wisco nsin-charged-with-abus/ _ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu

RE: Contraceptives and gender discrimination

2012-02-14 Thread Steve Sanders
issue now. Alan Brownstein From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Sanders Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:51 PM To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: RE: Contraceptives and gender discrimination What

RE: Contraceptives and gender discrimination

2012-02-14 Thread Steve Sanders
different. But why should profit or tax status be the relevant consideration? Steve Sanders _ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Brownstein Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:27 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law

RE: Contraceptives and gender discrimination

2012-02-14 Thread Steve Sanders
Of Steve Sanders Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:51 PM To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: RE: Contraceptives and gender discrimination What if a hospital is run by a religious group that believes doctrinally and sincerely in not using advanced technology or extraordinary

RE: Go to Church or Go to Jail?

2011-09-26 Thread Steve Sanders
I suspect the response from the Alabama legislators would actually be more truculent! _ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of hamilto...@aol.com Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 3:58 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu;

RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post

2011-08-19 Thread Steve Sanders
on one particular side of the topic? Eugene From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Sanders Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 5:41 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Cc: Law Religion issues for Law

RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post

2011-08-19 Thread Steve Sanders
in a university? Mark S. Scarberry Professor of Law Pepperdine Univ. School of Law Malibu, CA 90263 (310) 506-4667 From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Sanders Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 5:41 AM To: Law Religion issues

RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post

2011-08-19 Thread Steve Sanders
or not) will lead to firings and more. Eugene From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Sanders Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 11:25 AM To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige

RE: May American court appoint only Muslim arbitrators, pursuant to an arbitration agreement?

2011-01-03 Thread Steve Sanders
that if an arbitration agreement is properly drafted, the constitutional issue of a court's discriminatory appointment process shouldn't arise as a matter of design. Steve Sanders Quoting Marc Stern ste...@ajc.org: But would this agreement be enforceable in Oklahoma ,with its ban on courts

Re: May American court appoint only Muslim arbitrators, pursuant to an arbitration agreement?

2011-01-03 Thread Steve Sanders
, that the government has an equally free hand. Eugene -Original Message- From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw- boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Sanders Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 12:53 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: RE: May

Re: May American court appoint only Muslim arbitrators, pursuant to an arbitration agreement?

2011-01-03 Thread Steve Sanders
Message- From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw- boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Sanders Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 3:28 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Cc: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: May American court appoint only

RE: Perry v. Schwarzenegger - Effect of Religious Beliefs

2010-08-09 Thread Steve Sanders
or should have simply avoided the question. Even if such a finding of fact were problematic for free exercise, as Will suggests, the enactment of religiously motivated discrimination seems to me more problematic from the standpoint of establishment. Steve Sanders _ From: religionlaw

City rejects atheist bus ad as too controversial

2009-05-15 Thread Steve Sanders
that of a private law firm, which is in essence a partial taxpayer subsidy. _ Steve Sanders http://www.mayerbrown.com/lawyers/profile.asp?hubbardid=S597744167 Attorney, Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice group, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago Co

Fish on Hobbes on religious exemptions

2009-04-13 Thread Steve Sanders
. _ Steve Sanders http://www.mayerbrown.com/lawyers/profile.asp?hubbardid=S597744167 Attorney, Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice group, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago Co-editor, http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/lgbtlaw/ Sexual Orientation and the Law Blog Adjunct faculty

RE: Impact of same-sex marriage rulings on strict scrutinyinreligious exemption cases

2009-04-09 Thread Steve Sanders
to religious doctrines. Steve Sanders _ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Roger Severino Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:28 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: RE: Impact of same-sex marriage rulings on strict

RE: Impact of same-sex marriage rulings on strictscrutinyinreligious exemption cases

2009-04-09 Thread Steve Sanders
whether they should get even larger freedoms to use their authority over civil marriage in ways that implement religious dictates. Steve Sanders _ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Berg, Thomas C. Sent: Thursday, April 09

RE: Americans United: Iowa SupremeCourtRulingOnMarriageUpholdsReligious Liberty, Says Americans United

2009-04-07 Thread Steve Sanders
the same protection as the believer. They are both acting on a matter of conscience arising out of their views about religion. Quoting Steve Sanders steve...@umich.edu: Let's say a student comes to a counselor in the same university clinical program and wants help understanding how religion might

RE: Americans United: Iowa Supreme CourtRulingOnMarriageUpholdsReligious Liberty, Says Americans United

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Sanders
they gay spouse? _ Steve Sanders Attorney, Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice group, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago Co-editor, Sexual Orientation and the Law Blog Adjunct faculty, University of Michigan Law School (Winter term 2010) Email: steve

RE: Americans United: Iowa Supreme Court RulingOn MarriageUpholdsReligious Liberty, Says Americans United

2009-04-04 Thread Steve Sanders
marriage. Ironically, it is the forces opposed to same-sex marriage that have done the most to seek to elide, if not erase, that distinction. _ Steve Sanders Attorney http://www.mayerbrown.com/lawyers/profile.asp?hubbardid=S597744167 , Supreme Court and appellate

2 CT lawmakers target Catholic church for opposition to marriage equality

2009-03-10 Thread Steve Sanders
I've posted a link to the bill and to a related commentary at http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/lgbtlaw/2009/03/two-ct-lawmaker.html. _ Steve Sanders http://www.mayerbrown.com/lawyers/profile.asp?hubbardid=S597744167 Attorney, Supreme Court and appellate

FW: A Constitutional Framework for Addressing Religious Viewpoints in Public School Classrooms an Issue Brief by Anthony F. Renzo

2008-04-29 Thread Steve Sanders
Thought members of the list might be interested in this issue brief from ACS. Please see below. _ Steve Sanders stevesan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] @ umich.edu www.stevesanders.net _ From: American Constitution Society [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

RE: And God files a response? (Was: Suing God (honest, it's a lawsuit that has really been filed))

2007-09-20 Thread Steve Sanders
This hints that God may be not only a deity but a Deist. _ Steve Sanders stevesan @ umich.edu www.stevesanders.net -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:religionlaw- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Pardee Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007

RE: Indiana License Plates

2007-03-23 Thread Steve Sanders
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. _ Steve Sanders E-mail

RE: Indiana License Plates

2007-03-23 Thread Steve Sanders
Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (812) 855-4331 fax (812) 855-0555 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Sanders Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 12:48 PM To: religionlaw

Church and state on campus

2007-03-14 Thread Steve Sanders
An article in today's edition of Inside Higher Ed argues that, post-Rosenberger, the wall of separation on college campuses is becoming more porous: http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/03/14/religion __ Steve Sanders Mayer Brown Rowe Maw LLP 71 S. Wacker Dr. Chicago, IL 60606 V

RE: Dent Link Again

2006-10-26 Thread Steve Sanders
of Law University of Southern California Gould School of Law Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071 U.S.A. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Sanders Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:44 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: Re

Apologies

2006-10-26 Thread Steve Sanders
The last message was intended as a personal note to David, not to the list. Please accept my apologies for the error I made in replying. ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password,

Re: Dent Link Again

2006-10-25 Thread Steve Sanders
. Much more recent and readily accessible work would have saved Dent from such carelessness. See, e.g., M. Lee Badgett, Money, Myths, and Change: The Economic Lives of Lesbians and Gay Men (University of Chicago Press, 2001). Steve Sanders Mayer Brown Rowe Maw LLP Chicago

RE: Christian Skating Time

2006-07-03 Thread Steve Sanders
origins would have felt that their attendance was denied or discouraged? Steve Sanders 7th Circuit US Court of Appeals ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http

Re: Christian Skating Time

2006-07-03 Thread Steve Sanders
about their Polish beliefs or anyone tried to convert them to become Polish. True, the worst they would have faced was being accosted by drunks wearing Kiss Me, I'm Polish t-shirts. Steve Sanders 7th Circuit US Court of Appeals ___ To post, send

Re: Pink Triangles and Religious Liberty

2006-01-26 Thread Steve Sanders
as equal and accepted. Would the teachers have an argument against that as well? Steve Sanders Quoting Rick Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't know if this report is accurate or not, but here is an excerpt: A holy war over homosexuality has erupted on the campus of a San Francisco Bay

Re: Pink Triangles and Religious Liberty

2006-01-26 Thread Steve Sanders
their own students learn in safer and more effective environments strikes me as being just as regrettable. Steve Sanders ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http

Re: Pink Triangles and Religious Liberty

2006-01-26 Thread Steve Sanders
aimed at improving the environment for students whose educational wellbeing the teachers are supposed to be concerned about anyway is not, to me, qualitatively similar to having your books dumped in the trash and being called a dirty name. Steve Sanders Quoting Rick Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED

Thomas More Center's spin and distortion

2005-12-21 Thread Steve Sanders
become familiar. Steve Sanders From the opinion at 64: After a searching review of the record and applicable caselaw, we find that while ID arguments may be true, a proposition on which the Court takes no position, ID is not science. We find that ID fails on three different levels, any one of which

Re: Dover Intelligent-Design Case

2005-12-20 Thread Steve Sanders
necessary approach to the legal and political project of officializing Christianity? Steve Sanders Quoting Paul Finkelman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Perhaps it is a holiday gift for those who celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the son of the intelligent designer but don't think that the intelligent

Re: New Jersey Lawsuit

2005-12-16 Thread Steve Sanders
a religious holiday or tradition, but to celebrate it. (See http://www.somsd.k12.nj.us/BFOLStatementrePolicy2270.htm.) Steve Sanders Quoting Ed Brayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I want to get everyone's thoughts on the appeals court case against South Orange-Maplewood School District in New Jersey

RE: Bible study ban for RA's in UW-Eau Claire dorms

2005-11-16 Thread Steve Sanders
We surely would oppose a judge's wearing a robe with the Ten Commandments written on it, but we'd say the same to a robe that had political or ideological slogans written on it. Is that exactly right, though? A courtroom could not post a crucifix, but it could post the Declaration of

RE: Bible study ban for RA's in UW-Eau Claire dorms

2005-11-08 Thread Steve Sanders
at least somewhat selective. If an RA feels a clash of conscience between his special and demanding role and his desire to spend time spreading religious or other messages, he is free not to accept this particular employment. Steve Sanders From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Bible study ban for RA's in UW-Eau Claire dorms

2005-11-08 Thread Steve Sanders
or off-campus? Eugene -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Sanders Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 11:37 AM To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: RE: Bible study ban for RA's in UW-Eau Claire dorms The point

RE: Bible study ban for RA's in UW-Eau Claire dorms

2005-11-08 Thread Steve Sanders
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Sanders Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 12:42 PM To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: RE: Bible study ban for RA's in UW-Eau Claire dorms I dont believe that labeling this as a religious-discrimination claim is accurate. As one

RE: Bible study ban for RA's in UW-Eau Claire dorms

2005-11-08 Thread Steve Sanders
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Sanders Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 1:52 PM To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: RE: Bible study ban for RA's in UW-Eau Claire dorms All good points. But if this is properly framed

RE: Bible study ban for RA's in UW-Eau Claire dorms

2005-11-08 Thread Steve Sanders
this membership becomes known. Eugene Steve Sanders writes: I recognize that it makes this case seem much more troubling to characterize the university policy as a blanket ban on all religious speech in a person's private room. But I'm afraid we're beginning to argue scenarios somewhat

what does the right REALLY think of Roberts?

2005-07-25 Thread Steve Sanders
Despite the rally-the-troops messages on websites like the ACLJ and Concerned Women for America, no one can seriously believe John Roberts makes the hearts of religious conservatives beat faster. Social conservative groups are falling into line behind Bush and going through the motions of the

Re: Free speech for chaplains

2005-07-13 Thread Steve Sanders
The military is funded by citizens for the business of fighting wars, not going about proactively searching for souls that need to be saved. Any soldier who feels the need may, of course, seek out a chaplain, and if one thing leads to another, fine. But if a chaplain's initial approaches are

RE: Free speech for chaplains

2005-07-12 Thread Steve Sanders
constitutional integrity? _ Steve Sanders University of Michigan Law School Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed: http://www.stevesanders.net ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe

RE: Are the Ten Commandments the foundation of the Anglo-American legal system?

2004-12-17 Thread Steve Sanders
must be regarded as their very wellspring. The most sensible thing I've ever read on this subject is a Findlaw column by Marci Hamilton, available at http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hamilton/20030911.html Steve Sanders University of Michigan Law School Blog: http://reasonandliberty.blogspot.com