RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-22 Thread Michael Masinter
...@lists.ucla.edu [religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Brownstein, Alan [aebrownst...@ucdavis.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 5:06 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols I agree

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-21 Thread Brownstein, Alan
...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Rassbach Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 5:09 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols Alan -- Does your analysis below apply

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-21 Thread Volokh, Eugene
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 8:54 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols I always assumed, although I admit without much reflection, that the duty to accommodate operated in parallel to the duty

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-21 Thread Michael Masinter
Academics Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols Alan -- Does your analysis below apply equally to religious organizations and non-religious organizations? One example I think would be interesting in the latter category is In-N-Out Burger, which

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-21 Thread Volokh, Eugene
...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw- boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Masinter Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 10:01 AM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols I do not think a for profit fast food employer

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-21 Thread Michael Masinter
-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Brownstein, Alan [aebrownst...@ucdavis.edu] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 2:26 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols I

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-21 Thread Volokh, Eugene
Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols As always, Eugene asks good questions. Religious discrimination claims can take several forms -- disparate treatment, failure to accommodate, and in addition harassment and disparate impact. I am

Re: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-21 Thread Nathan Oman
Masinter Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11:12 AM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols As always, Eugene asks good questions. Religious discrimination claims can take several forms -- disparate treatment

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-21 Thread Brownstein, Alan
Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols As always, Eugene asks good questions. Religious discrimination claims can take several forms -- disparate treatment, failure to accommodate, and in addition harassment and disparate impact. I am

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-21 Thread Michael Masinter
To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols As always, Eugene asks good questions. Religious discrimination claims can take several forms -- disparate treatment, failure to accommodate, and in addition harassment and disparate impact

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-21 Thread Brownstein, Alan
-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Masinter Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 1:47 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols Alan's examples of uniform language expressing racial discrimination or hostility seem

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-21 Thread Eric Rassbach
Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols I agree with Michael for the most part and certainly with his statement that expressions of religious faith are not analogous to expressions of racial subordination. But I'm not sure if he is suggesting

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-20 Thread Volokh, Eugene
...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Brownstein, Alan Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 4:36 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols Do you think there is a discrimination issue

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-20 Thread Scarberry, Mark
: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols Alan: Can you flesh out the discrimination theory more? I take it that the claim is that requiring everyone to display something would constitute discrimination (not just failure to accommodate religious

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-20 Thread Eric Rassbach
Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols Alan: Can you flesh out the discrimination theory more? I take it that the claim is that requiring everyone to display something would constitute discrimination (not just failure

Re: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-20 Thread Douglas Laycock
apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols Alan: Can you flesh out the discrimination theory more? I take it that the claim is that requiring everyone to display something would constitute discrimination (not just failure to accommodate religious beliefs

Re: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-20 Thread Michael Masinter
: Monday, December 20, 2010 10:33 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols Alan: Can you flesh out the discrimination theory more? I take it that the claim is that requiring everyone

Re: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-20 Thread Douglas Laycock
...@law.ucla.edu] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 10:33 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols Alan: Can you flesh out the discrimination theory more? I take it that the claim

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-20 Thread Brownstein, Alan
Of Douglas Laycock Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 9:52 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics; Eric Rassbach Subject: Re: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols It doesn't make sense to call religious truth claims offensive (although that is common parlance

Re: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-20 Thread Michael Masinter
for Law Academics Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take downreligioussymbols Alan: Can you flesh out the discrimination theory more? I take it that the claim is that requiring everyone to display something would constitute discrimination

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-20 Thread Eric Rassbach
...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Brownstein, Alan [aebrownst...@ucdavis.edu] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 2:26 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols I think Doug is correct that there is a religious

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-17 Thread Kevin Pybas
This story from the Oklahoma City newspaper indicates that the Federal Reserve has changed its position about the bank and the items in question. http://newsok.com/feds-relent-on-oklahoma-banks-display-of-christian-themed- items/article/3524584?custom_click=headlines_widget Kevin Pybas

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-17 Thread Volokh, Eugene
regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols This story from the Oklahoma City newspaper indicates that the Federal Reserve has changed its position about the bank and the items in question. http://newsok.com/feds-relent-on-oklahoma-banks-display-of-christian-themed-items

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-17 Thread Brownstein, Alan
: Friday, December 17, 2010 3:31 PM To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols This story from the Oklahoma City newspaper indicates that the Federal Reserve has changed its position about the bank and the items

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-17 Thread Volokh, Eugene
employers.) Eugene From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Brownstein, Alan Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 4:10 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols

2010-12-17 Thread Brownstein, Alan
To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols Very interesting, thanks! But I'm a bit confused by the Kansas City Fed chairman's statement, http://www.kansascityfed.org/publicat/newsroom/2010pdf