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 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> > 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. > _______________________________________________ > 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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