Lots of Catholics go to Saturday evening mass. Relevant? On Mar 3, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Alan Armstrong <alanarmstrong....@verizon.net> wrote:
> My understanding is that Jewish and 7th day adventists consider sabbath as > going from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday. I do not know of any > christian denominations that use sundown Saturday to sundown on Sunday as the > Lord's day.Therefore a Saturday night game should be acceptable to all. > > A little thought and common sense and we would need fewer lawyers. > > Alan > > Law Office of Alan Leigh Armstrong > Office 18652 Florida St., Suite 225 > Huntington Beach CA 92648-6006 > Mail 16835 Algonquin St., Suite 454 > Huntington Beach CA 92649-3810 > 714 375 1147 fax 714 782 6007 > a...@alanarmstrong.com > Serving the family and small business since 1984 > NOTICE: > Any tax advice in this e-mail, including attachments, can not be used to > avoid penalties or for the promotion of a tax related matter. > > > > > > > > > On Mar 2, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Douglas Laycock wrote: > >> Some of you may have seen the story in the Times the other day about the >> Beren Hebrew Academy in Houston, whose basketball team has reached the state >> semi-finals of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools >> tournament. The semifinal game was scheduled for tonight; the Academy is >> Orthodox and observant, and could not play. The other school was willing to >> reschedule, but the TAPPS Board voted 8-0 not to allow that. Most TAPPS >> members are church affiliated, and as a matter of policy, it never schedules >> games on Sunday. >> >> Beren parents and students filed a lawsuit this morning in the Northern >> District of Texas, alleging unconstitutional religious discrimination, Texas >> RFRA, and breach of contract (based on a provision in the TAPPS bylaws). The >> complaint’s state action theory was that the game was scheduled to be played >> in a public school gym, which is surely not enough. The contract claim >> looked stronger, judging only by the complaint. >> >> Richard Friedman at Michigan tells me that TAPPS caved as soon as the >> complaint was filed, and that the game will begin imminently and will be >> completed before sunset. If your position is utterly untenable as a matter >> of public relations, it may not matter that the other side’s state action >> theory is very weak. But they had to file the lawsuit before common sense >> could prevail. >> >> Douglas Laycock >> Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law >> University of Virginia Law School >> 580 Massie Road >> Charlottesville, VA 22903 >> 434-243-8546 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see >> http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw >> >> Please note that messages 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. > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages 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.
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