RE: The pain of discrimination and the role of government

2014-03-01 Thread Sisk, Gregory C.
n of discrimination and the role of government So the answer to discrimination against gays & lesbians is for them to go back into closet! All of these queers mincing around looking for a lawsuit - you've busted us. I suppose I could play the rhetorical games and have you replace gay with

Re: The pain of discrimination and the role of government

2014-03-01 Thread Greg Lipper
es, as well as the danger of allowing government to > pressure people into proper and decent behavior, do not disappear when we > reach the door to a business. > > Greg Sisk > > ________________ > From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [religionlaw-boun...

RE: The pain of discrimination and the role of government

2014-03-01 Thread Finkelman, Paul
To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: The pain of discrimination and the role of government The same way they know someone is homosexual, of coruse. I have been waiting for explanations of how the alleged horde of bigots who are itching for an excuse to "refuse service

RE: The pain of discrimination and the role of government

2014-03-01 Thread Joel Sogol
a.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Will Linden Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 9:45 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: The pain of discrimination and the role of government The same way they know someone is homosexual, of coruse. I have been wa

Re: The pain of discrimination and the role of government

2014-03-01 Thread jim green
So the answer to discrimination against gays & lesbians is for them to go back into closet! All of these queers mincing around looking for a lawsuit - you've busted us. I suppose I could play the rhetorical games and have you replace gay with christian or explain how heterosexuals "flaunt" their s

RE: The pain of discrimination and the role of government

2014-03-01 Thread Will Linden
The same way they know someone is homosexual, of coruse. I have been waiting for explanations of how the alleged horde of bigots who are itching for an excuse to "refuse service to gays" propose to identify people who presumably do not begin every business transaction by announcing "I'm gay!"

RE: The pain of discrimination and the role of government

2014-03-01 Thread Finkelman, Paul
we reach the door to a business. Greg Sisk From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Greg Lipper [lip...@au.org] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 7:25 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re:

RE: The pain of discrimination and the role of government

2014-02-28 Thread Scarberry, Mark
02/28/2014 6:41 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: The pain of discrimination and the role of government I should clarify that the email was from the president of the UCLA law alumni group. Dean Moran’s letter was an attachment to that email. From: re

RE: The pain of discrimination and the role of government

2014-02-28 Thread Sisk, Gregory C.
sts.ucla.edu] on behalf of Greg Lipper [lip...@au.org] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 7:25 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: The pain of discrimination and the role of government But if those evangelicals walked into the corner bakery afterwards, the law would requi

RE: The pain of discrimination and the role of government

2014-02-28 Thread Scarberry, Mark
PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: The pain of discrimination and the role of government Greg says that "it simply is not the proper role of government to enforce standards of courtesy," and that he does "not have a legal right in a free society to d

RE: The pain of discrimination and the role of government

2014-02-28 Thread Scarberry, Mark
Behalf Of Sisk, Gregory C. Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 5:12 PM To: 'Law & Religion issues for Law Academics (religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu)' Subject: The pain of discrimination and the role of government Over the past day, I've withheld from posting to the list, wanti

Re: The pain of discrimination and the role of government

2014-02-28 Thread Greg Lipper
But if those evangelicals walked into the corner bakery afterwards, the law would require that they be served – even if the owner hated their religious beliefs. And that’s how it should be, I think. On Feb 28, 2014, at 8:11 PM, Sisk, Gregory C. mailto:gcs...@stthomas.edu>> wrote: Over the pas

The pain of discrimination and the role of government

2014-02-28 Thread Sisk, Gregory C.
Over the past day, I've withheld from posting to the list, wanting to hear other points of view, see how the conversation unfolds, and learn from others (especially from those with whom I tend to disagree and perspectives that contrast with mine). I hope what follows may be woven into the tapes