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.
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