Hmmmm...... Take off for the Jewish Sabbath and see what you miss - even on the religion law listserve. Must be a good lawsuit in this somewhere, but I leave it to Stern to figure out :)
Just an historical footnote Alan: The Puritans observed the Sabbath from sundown Saturday until sundown Sunday. Don't know if any sabbaterian sects still do that. May be some small ones. The case Marc Stern alludes to is: Playcrafters Student Members v Teaneck TP. Bd of Ed, 88 NJ 74 (1981) 438 a.2d 543. Knowing how many rabid sports fans dominate this list: FORT WORTH, Texas -- An inspired comeback in the fourth quarter fell short Saturday night and a state title eluded the Orthodox Jewish high school basketball team from Houston. Robert M. Beren Academy closed a 12-point deficit to two in the final minute, but could get no closer in a 46-42 loss to Abilene Christian in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools' Class 2A championship game at Nolan Catholic High School. David From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Armstrong Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 4:51 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Basketball tournaments on the Sabbath I think that is not relevant. I thought the Saturday afternoon/evening mass was for those who could not make it to church Sunday morning. An Orange County Register columnist, Frank Mickadeit, called it the "slakers' mass." 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<mailto: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 3, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Marci Hamilton wrote: Lots of Catholics go to Saturday evening mass. Relevant? On Mar 3, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Alan Armstrong <alanarmstrong....@verizon.net<mailto: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<mailto: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. 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