RE: Church of Body Modification Case.

2004-12-06 Thread Stuart BUCK
What about the classic case of Theriault v. Silber, 453 F. Supp. 254 (W.D. Tex., 1978)? The relevant portion of that case: Several facts developed during the proceedings had at Atlanta in the case of Theriault v. Carlson, 339 F. Supp. 375, and succinctly restated by the Fifth Circuit in Theria

RE: Church of Body Modification Case. .:.

2004-12-06 Thread Menard, Richard H.
Not so fast.  I for one still don't have a satisfactory grasp on where the threshold line is drawn.  Yes, "sincerely held with the strength of traditional religious views" is vague, and necessarily so, but I can't believe it's meaningless.  Surely more is required than a webpage and some tw

RE: Church of Body Modification Case.

2004-12-06 Thread Marc Stern
Fair enough, but the court also said beards would be subject tot eh same rule even though it is probably common knowledge that some religions require males to wear beards or turbans or yarmulkes .In such cases the line between customers discriminating and rejection of the practice-which I a