Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

2014-02-27 Thread hamilton02
al Message- From: Sisk, Gregory C. gcs...@stthomas.edu To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics' religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Sent: Wed, Feb 26, 2014 4:16 pm Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Every sorry episode in the long Americ

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2014-02-26 Thread Marci Hamilton
- From: Michael Worley mwor...@byulaw.net To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Sent: Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:47 pm Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Would you say the Federal RFRA is egregious, Marci? On Tue

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2014-02-26 Thread Scarberry, Mark
message From: Marci Hamilton Date:02/26/2014 5:09 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Cc: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses They are similar in that both involve believers demanding

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2014-02-26 Thread Scarberry, Mark
Academics Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Marci's view of the rights of a Walmart under tha AZ bill, and likely even the Kansas bill, is simply wrong. The application in the AZ bill to private enforcement by way of lawsuit simply prevents the state

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2014-02-26 Thread Marci Hamilton
:00) To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Cc: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses They are similar in that both involve believers demanding a right to discriminate due to their religion. If Hobby

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2014-02-26 Thread Marci Hamilton
Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone Original message From: Marci Hamilton Date:02/26/2014 5:09 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Cc: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

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2014-02-26 Thread Ira Lupu
Original message From: Scarberry, Mark Date:02/26/2014 6:47 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Marci's view of the rights of a Walmart under tha AZ bill, and likely even the Kansas

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2014-02-26 Thread Hillel Y. Levin
/2014 6:47 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Marci's view of the rights of a Walmart under tha AZ bill, and likely even the Kansas bill, is simply wrong. The application in the AZ bill

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2014-02-26 Thread Ira Lupu
Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone Original message From: Marci Hamilton Date:02/26/2014 5:09 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Cc: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

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2014-02-26 Thread Hillel Y. Levin
School of y Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone Original message From: Scarberry, Mark Date:02/26/2014 6:47 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Marci's

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2014-02-26 Thread Ira Lupu
Original message From: Scarberry, Mark Date:02/26/2014 6:47 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Marci's view of the rights of a Walmart under tha AZ bill, and likely even

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2014-02-26 Thread Conkle, Daniel O.
: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses They are similar in that both involve believers demanding a right to discriminate due to their religion. If Hobby Lobby wins, Walmart will have an argument to get around

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2014-02-26 Thread hamilton02
, Mark Date:02/26/2014 6:47 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Marci's view of the rights of a Walmart under tha AZ bill, and likely even the Kansas bill, is simply wrong

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2014-02-26 Thread Alan Brownstein
Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Whether or not the bills are similar in political motivation or in potential impact, the media coverage of the Arizona bill – at least what I’ve seen – has been woeful. Until reading the actual Kansas bill, I certainly

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2014-02-26 Thread Douglas Laycock
-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Ira Lupu Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 11:34 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses That is my understanding, Hillel

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2014-02-26 Thread hamilton02
...@virginia.edu To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics' religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Sent: Wed, Feb 26, 2014 2:24 pm Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Many state laws on sexual-orientation discrimination, and most laws on same-sex marriage, have

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2014-02-26 Thread Hillel Y. Levin
statutes protecting for-profit businesses That is my understanding, Hillel. If Doug, Rick, Tom, or others know of counterexamples, I'm sure they will bring them forward to the list. On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Hillel Y. Levin hillelle...@gmail.com wrote: Chip: Thanks

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2014-02-26 Thread Douglas Laycock
2:24 pm Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Many state laws on sexual-orientation discrimination, and most laws on same-sex marriage, have exemptions for religious organizations. Some are broad; some are narrow. Some are well drafted; some

RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

2014-02-26 Thread Scarberry, Mark
[mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Hillel Y. Levin Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 11:49 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Doug: What do you mean by the following: Apart from

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2014-02-26 Thread tznkai
...@lists.ucla.edu] *On Behalf Of *hamilto...@aol.com *Sent:* Wednesday, February 26, 2014 2:32 PM *To:* religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu *Subject:* Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Doug--What does such an exemption look like if it is available to anyone other than

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2014-02-26 Thread Hillel Y. Levin
*From:* religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] *On Behalf Of *Hillel Y. Levin *Sent:* Wednesday, February 26, 2014 11:49 AM *To:* Law Religion issues for Law Academics *Subject:* Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

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2014-02-26 Thread hamilton02
' religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Sent: Wed, Feb 26, 2014 2:56 pm Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protectingfor-profit businesses It would protect only very small businesses that are personal extensions of the owner, and where the owner must necessarily be involved

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2014-02-26 Thread Douglas Laycock
Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Doug: What do you mean by the following: Apart from marriage, there is no reason to have religious exemptions for businesses from laws on sexual-orientation discrimination. There certainly are some

RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

2014-02-26 Thread Scarberry, Mark
speech. Mark Scarberry Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone Original message From: Hillel Y. Levin Date:02/26/2014 12:18 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Mark

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2014-02-26 Thread Douglas Laycock
...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of hamilto...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:19 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Would you suggest this if it were based

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2014-02-26 Thread hamilton02
: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses “He needs to change jobs.” As I said, what you really want is for these people to go out of business. Barring religious minorities from professions is a very traditional form of religious persecution. Reviving

FW from Paul Salamanca: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

2014-02-26 Thread Volokh, Eugene
From: Salamanca, Paul E Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:28 PM To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Dear friends, The Supreme Court has interpreted the First Amendment to do much more than protect

RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

2014-02-26 Thread Sisk, Gregory C.
...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of hamilto...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 2:43 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses I don't have any desire for them to go out

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2014-02-26 Thread William B. Kelley
statutes protecting for-profit businesses That is my understanding, Hillel. If Doug, Rick, Tom, or others know of counterexamples, I'm sure they will bring them forward to the list. On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Hillel Y. Levin hillelle...@gmail.com mailto:hillelle...@gmail.com wrote

RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

2014-02-26 Thread Douglas Laycock
[mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of William B. Kelley Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4:22 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Prof. Laycock makes interesting points, as usual

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2014-02-26 Thread Richard Dougherty
*To:* religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu *Subject:* Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses I don't have any desire for them to go out of business, but if they are going to be in business, they need to operate in the marketplace without discrimination. If the business

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2014-02-26 Thread Marc Stern
: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 06:51 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses The ship that has clearly sailed on this list is respect. That scholars and professional educators cannot

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2014-02-26 Thread Alan Brownstein
To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Assume neither bill becomes law. A wedding photographer hangs a sign in his shop saying SSM is immoral but state civil rights require us to photograph SSM ceremonies. A complaint

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2014-02-26 Thread Michael Masinter
of discrimination is filed. What result? Marc Stern From: Richard Dougherty [mailto:dou...@udallas.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 06:51 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit

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2014-02-26 Thread Alan Brownstein
Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Following up on this: gays and lesbians have been told (wrongly) for years to change their orientation or just act on it in private, disregarding their interest in living lives

Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

2014-02-25 Thread Michael Peabody
After reading the legislation, it's amazing how broadly it is drafted. It would seem to not only include permitting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or marital status, but also on the basis of religion. It would make it very easy for any business with a religious inkling to

RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

2014-02-25 Thread Greg Hamilton
[mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Peabody Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 1:38 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses After reading the legislation, it's amazing how broadly it is drafted. It would seem

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2014-02-25 Thread Scarberry, Mark
Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses ...and Alan has been championing this bill on the spot at the Arizona capitol. Sigh. I have fought him over it when he tried to push me into supporting the Idaho bill which was just

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2014-02-25 Thread Marci Hamilton
...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Greg Hamilton Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 1:55 PM To: mich...@californialaw.org; Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

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2014-02-25 Thread Michael Worley
*To:* mich...@californialaw.org; Law Religion issues for Law Academics *Subject:* RE: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses ...and Alan has been championing this bill on the spot at the Arizona capitol. Sigh. I have fought him over it when he tried to push

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2014-02-25 Thread hamilton02
mwor...@byulaw.net To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Sent: Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:47 pm Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Would you say the Federal RFRA is egregious, Marci? On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 6:38 PM

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2014-02-25 Thread Michael Worley
-Original Message- From: Michael Worley mwor...@byulaw.net To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Sent: Tue, Feb 25, 2014 8:47 pm Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Would you say the Federal RFRA is egregious, Marci

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2014-02-24 Thread Michael Worley
@lists.ucla.edu Sent: Sat, Feb 22, 2014 3:00 pm Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Not only are religious believers [] inherently beneficial to society, but that public opinion on same-sex couples is evolving so rapidly that most people will not discriminate

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2014-02-22 Thread Ira Lupu
Doug is correct that the Arizona bill is not like the Kansas bill. But it would be blind and foolish to not see the timing of the Arizona effort as being driven by the winds blowing a constitutional right to same sex marriage towards Arizona and other red states (Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia,

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2014-02-22 Thread hamilton02
statutes protecting for-profit businesses You're not missing anything; you're failing to join in the hysteria. The Arizona bill leaves to the courts the questions whether assisting with a wedding you find sinful is a substantial burden and whether there is a compelling interest in making you do

Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

2014-02-22 Thread Michael Worley
...@virginia.edu To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu; Penalver, Eduardo penal...@uchicago.edu Sent: Sat, Feb 22, 2014 10:14 am Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses You're not missing anything; you're failing to join in the hysteria

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2014-02-22 Thread hamilton02
, Feb 22, 2014 12:40 pm Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses The famous cases (Elane, etc.) which prompted this all involve same-sex ceremonies, not that parade of horribles Marci said. I hope all can agree opposition to same-sex marriage is not hatred

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2014-02-22 Thread Michael Worley
...@byulaw.net To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Sent: Sat, Feb 22, 2014 12:40 pm Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses The famous cases (Elane, etc.) which prompted this all involve same-sex ceremonies, not that parade

Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

2014-02-22 Thread hamilton02
Message- From: Michael Worley mwor...@byulaw.net To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Sent: Sat, Feb 22, 2014 3:00 pm Subject: Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses Not only are religious believers [] inherently beneficial to society

Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

2014-02-21 Thread Marty Lederman
And a story out of Arizona . . . http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/22/us/religious-right-in-arizona-cheers-bill-allowing-businesses-to-refuse-to-serve-gays.html?hpwrref=politics Here's the bill (likely to be vetoed): http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/51leg/2r/bills/sb1062s.pdf On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at

Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

2014-02-21 Thread Marci Hamilton
It is unconstitutional under Romer v Evans. If they override the veto they are asking to underwrite federal litigation Marci A. Hamilton Verkuil Chair in Public Law Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School Yeshiva University @Marci_Hamilton On Feb 21, 2014, at 10:14 PM, Marty Lederman

Re: Kansas/Arizona statutes protecting for-profit businesses

2014-02-21 Thread Penalver, Eduardo
What's interesting about the Az bill is that it does not facially target same sex couples - it seems to just extend the state RFRA to disputes among private parties. I don't think Romer would really apply. On the other hand, it's not clear that it would accomplish what its proponents want.