Re: An interesting application of the no religious decisions principle of ...

2009-10-09 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
are a partnership. Give them the choice and then apply neutral principals of law. Alan Law Office of Alan Leigh Armstrong Huntington Beach CA 92648-6006 7 On Oct 9, 2009, at 6:51 AM, hamilto...@aol.com wrote: Vance beat me to it-- what about common law marriage? Marci In a message dated 10/9

Re: Connecticut bill

2009-03-10 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
. Wurzbach (1930) 280 US 396. On the other hand there are those cases that are so far from the line that, even if you are on the side of the offending party, you wonder: WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? Alan Armstrong Law Office of Alan Leigh Armstrong Serving the Family and Small Business Since 1984

Re: First amendment suit against AIG bailout

2008-12-16 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
The government does sell religious stuff. The communion kits and other items that chaplains use has Federal Stock Numbers and is bought for them using funds allocated by congress and paid from those monies to GSA. Alan Armstrong Huntington Beach On Dec 16, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Volokh, Eugene

Re: Court enforcement of contracts, and deciding whether Protestant includes Mormons

2008-10-10 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
I think Eric has to right, In order to make it enforceable without the court getting into theology, you need an easy test. Something like the following should work. The church has to recite the Apostle's Creed or the Nicene Creed at least once each calendar year and shall not be under the

Re: 130 Muslim workers fired over unauthorized breaks during Ramadan

2008-09-12 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
Swift also has a federal law and perhaps a state law problem. Federal law requires that employees who work a shift longer than 6 hours must take a 30 minute lunch break. The lunch break cannot be more than 5 hours 30 minutes after they start. (I ran into this many years ago when i worked

Re: Nevada district court applies Fraternal Order of Police v. Newark (3d Cir.), holds no-beard poli

2008-08-13 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
. The person who wrote the rule about not wearing a hat indoors may have been in the Navy. The Navy has a rule about not being covered inside. The bar in the club at NWS Seal Beach has a sign that says: Anyone who enters here covered, shall buy a round for the house. Doesn't the uniform

Re: Amish foster care

2008-07-02 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
piercing. Did the foster parents have authority to authorize that? It does carry some risks of infection. Some would consider it a medical procedure. Alan Armstrong Law Office of Alan Leigh Armstrong Serving the Family and Small Business Since 1984 18652 Florida St., Suite 225 Huntington Beach CA

Re: An email of possible relevance

2007-12-17 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
I have heard (hearsay) someone say that FDR gave two speeches that day one with so help us God. and one without. The one with So help us God.' being the one broadcast and the one we hear every December 7. Was there other one to Congress? Alan Armstrong On Dec 17, 2007, at 9:49 AM, Gibbens,

Re: CA Ct App Overturns Church Property Decision

2007-06-27 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
Possibly because St. James was the lead parish in the case. One of our vestrymen (board of directors) argued the case before the Court of Appeal. The church is considering asking the California Supreme Court for review. The 3 parishes are under Evans Kisseka, Bishop of Luweero, Province

Re: Ten Commandments

2005-03-02 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
Title: Re: Ten Commandments If it is going to be historical, perhaps the representation should be as in Exodus 32:15. Written on both sides of two tablets and probably in Hebrew. Alan Law Office of Alan Leigh Armstrong Serving the Family and Small Business Since 1984 18652 Florida St., Suite

Re: Wait, there's more: Leading ID think tank calls Dover evolution policy misguided, calls for it to be withdrawn

2004-12-15 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
. Physicists in colleges are not looking at it because there is no grant money in it. Also would a published article on the subject help them get tenure? Alan Law Office of Alan Leigh Armstrong Serving the Family Small Business Since 1984 18652 Florida St., Suite 225 Huntington Beach CA 92648-6006 714

Re: Another Alabama 10-Commandments Judge

2004-12-15 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
How about replacing all of these 10 commandment stones, etc. with something as close to the original as we can get. i.e. 14th or so century BC Hebrew and written on both sides of the 2 stones. Exodus 32:15 Alan Law Office of Alan Leigh Armstrong Serving the Family Small Business Since 1984

Re: Wait, there's more: Leading ID think tank calls Dover evolution policy misguided, calls for it to be withdrawn

2004-12-14 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
of Alan Leigh Armstrong Serving the Family Small Business Since 1984 18652 Florida St., Suite 225 Huntington Beach CA 92648-6006 714-375-1147 Fax 714 375 1149 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.alanarmstrong.com KE6LLN On Dec 14, 2004, at 3:05 PM, Steven Jamar wrote: Sandy, I agree

Re: Steven Williams Case - more factual information

2004-12-11 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
students and parents who were willing, went to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. Alan Law Office of Alan Leigh Armstrong Serving the Family Small Business Since 1984 18652 Florida St., Suite 225 Huntington Beach CA 92648-6006 714-375-1147 Fax 714 375 1149 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: Stomping out free speech

2004-04-14 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
of 13 year old Jesse Dirkhising by 2 homosexual men. It happened a few months after the Matthew Shepard murder, but was generally ignored by the media. Alan Law Office of Alan Leigh Armstrong Serving the Family Small Business Since 1984 18652 Florida St., Suite 225 Huntington Beach CA 92648-6006

Re: FYI An Interesting Case

2004-04-08 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
v. Hewlett Packard Co., 358 F.3d 599 (9th Cir. 2004): Under the same rationale, couldn't BUU, Inc. implement an anti-discrimination policy that protects the religious employees over the objections of gay and lesbian employees? Alan Law Office of Alan Leigh Armstrong Serving the Family Small

Re: FYI An Interesting Case

2004-04-08 Thread Alan Leigh Armstrong
There is a big difference between the value of a person and the values of a person. Alan Law Office of Alan Leigh Armstrong Serving the Family Small Business Since 1984 18652 Florida St., Suite 225 Huntington Beach CA 92648-6006 714-375-1147 Fax 714 375 1149 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL