Seventh day Adventists keep Saturday sabbath like Jews do, sundown to sundown. Or did when I counted myself among their numbers 35 years ago.
On Mar 4, 2012, at 4:55 AM, "Saperstein, David" <dsaperst...@rac.org> wrote: > 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 J > > 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 > 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. 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