Christian preachers arrested at Dearborn Arab festival

2010-06-22 Thread Ed Brayton
An interesting situation is developing here in Michigan. The Dearborn International Arab Festival was last weekend and the rules limited the handing out of literature to a particular section of the festival grounds. A preacher named George Saieg filed suit against those rules and the district

Selling religious items

2009-10-11 Thread Ed Brayton
apply well? Thanks. Ed Brayton ___ 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

AU challenges tax exempt status of Liberty University

2009-05-29 Thread Ed Brayton
In the wake of Liberty U pulling recognition from the College Democrats club, Americans United has written a letter to the IRS challenging their tax exempt status. The letter says: Political clubs operating on campus often endorse and work on behalf of candidates, and officially recognized

RE: Americans United: Iowa Supreme Court Ruling On MarriageUpholdsReligious Liberty, Says Americans United

2009-04-04 Thread Ed Brayton
now been 42 years since Loving v Virginia and no one has ever attempted to do what you use as evidence of the slippery slope here. I think that tends to show just how unlikely your imagined future is. Ed Brayton -Original Message- From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu

RE: Americans United: Iowa Supreme Court RulingOnMarriageUpholdsReligious Liberty, Says Americans United

2009-04-04 Thread Ed Brayton
Pepperdine _ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu on behalf of Ed Brayton Sent: Sat 4/4/2009 9:38 AM To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: RE: Americans United: Iowa Supreme Court RulingOn MarriageUpholdsReligious Liberty, Says Americans United I think Brad's

RE: Newdow Sues To Challenge Aspects of Inauguration

2008-12-29 Thread Ed Brayton
I can't see any way this survives a motion to dismiss based on standing. And Newdow must know that. Ed Brayton From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Friedman, Howard M. Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:31 AM To: religionlaw

Required religious accommodation?

2008-12-23 Thread Ed Brayton
by allowing her to answer the phone by saying Merry Christmas. She was ultimately fired over it. See the press release here: http://www.lc.org/index.cfm?PID=14100 http://www.lc.org/index.cfm?PID=14100PRID=760 PRID=760 A legitimate case of legally required religious accommodation? Ed Brayton

RE: ACLU of NJ Fights For Christian Inmate's Right to Preach

2008-12-15 Thread Ed Brayton
Bloody communists out to destroy Christianity in America! Ed Brayton From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of aa...@aol.com Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 6:48 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: ACLU of NJ Fights

First amendment suit against AIG bailout

2008-12-15 Thread Ed Brayton
curious to hear what the experts on the list think about it. Ed Brayton ___ 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

RE: ACLU of NJ Fights For Christian Inmate's Right to Preach

2008-12-15 Thread Ed Brayton
of the cases that Allen Asch cites on his webpage. Ed Brayton From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Finkelman Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:02 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: ACLU of NJ Fights

RE: Atheists want God out of security - Security- msnbc.com

2008-12-03 Thread Ed Brayton
the drought. It did, however, rip the roof off a Baptist church in Tennessee, which injured three children and sent them to the hospital. Not terribly relevant to any legal analysis, but there it is. Ed Brayton From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Finkelman Sent

Poway ruling

2008-09-10 Thread Ed Brayton
The judge in Johnson v Poway denied a motion to dismiss by the school: http://www.thomasmore.org/downloads/sb_thomasmore/PowayRuling.pdf It strikes me as an odd ruling in that the judge discusses Tinker and Pickering, two cases that clearly do not apply here, and only mentions Stone v

RE: Defamation of Religion

2008-07-30 Thread Ed Brayton
Thanks for the link, Eric. This is an extraordinarily important issue that I've been writing about a lot lately and your organization's work has been excellent on it. Ed -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Rassbach Sent: Wednesday, July

Lawsuit over student fees at Wayne State

2008-07-25 Thread Ed Brayton
approved other funds for events by other groups that might be considered political advocacy? The complaint says that the council has funded activities by pro-choice groups, but it contains no specifics. This could be a very interesting case. Ed Brayton

RE: Bible class rules set for Texas schools - Faith- msnbc.com

2008-07-22 Thread Ed Brayton
This list is for discussion of the legal and constitutional issues, not for the imagined social consequences. I'm afraid you'll have to peddle the myth that the country went to hell when we kicked God out of schools to a different (perhaps less educated) audience. Ed Brayton From: [EMAIL

RE: Bible class rules set for Texas schools - Faith- msnbc.com

2008-07-21 Thread Ed Brayton
academic freedom legislation, inviting local schools into a Dover trap. The result is going to be very ugly and very expensive. Ed Brayton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gibbens, Daniel G. Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 5:20 PM To: 'Law

Praying Parents case

2008-05-30 Thread Ed Brayton
Federal court in Tennessee has ruled against the school in the famous praying parents case. Ruling here: http://www.tennessean.com/assets/pdf/DN109628529.PDF Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe

Partial dismissal in ACSI suit vs the UC system

2008-03-31 Thread Ed Brayton
UC press release here: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/acsi-stearns/courtdecisionsummary _033108.pdf Ruling here: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/acsi-stearns/msjruling_033108.pdf Ed Brayton ___ To post, send

Odessa Bible curriculum case settled

2008-03-05 Thread Ed Brayton
examples of bad scholarship and cheap indoctrination I've ever seen. Ed Brayton ___ 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

RE: Scalia and Motive

2008-02-18 Thread Ed Brayton
that was somehow evidence of its constitutionality. The Edwards dissent was clearly not one of Justice Scalia's stronger arguments. Ed Brayton From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas Laycock Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:13 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject

RE: Another Michigan preference-for-the-more-religious-parent case

2008-02-15 Thread Ed Brayton
Eugene, if you have a copy of that ruling can you email it to me? I just checked on Lexis and didn't see it up yet. Ironically, I just finished a 3 part series on these cases for the Michigan Messenger, which drew heavily on your NYU Law Review article on the subject. Ed Brayton -Original

RE: A judge preferring the more religious parent

2008-01-25 Thread Ed Brayton
that there was no particular affiliation with a church. Probably 95 percent of the criminals that I see before me come from homes where there's no established custodial -- or no established religious affiliation. Ed Brayton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: Shielding child whose mother is Catholic from father's Wiccanlifestyle?

2008-01-24 Thread Ed Brayton
should seek to protect someone from. That's just not their job. Ed Brayton From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vance R. Koven Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 4:03 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Shielding child whose mother is Catholic from

RE: Shielding child whose mother is Catholic from father's Wiccan lifestyle?

2008-01-24 Thread Ed Brayton
the child will suffer psychological trauma. It's just not worth sacrificing the child to vindicate an ideological predisposition. On Jan 24, 2008 1:00 PM, Ed Brayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I could not agree more with Steve Jamar on this. The assumption that being exposed to different ideas

RE: Shielding child whose mother is Catholic from father's Wiccan lifestyle?

2008-01-23 Thread Ed Brayton
at the fact that appeals courts have refused to overturn such rulings even when they've been outrageously wrong. Ed Brayton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Volokh, Eugene Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:22 PM To: Law Religion issues

Cross on private property

2008-01-06 Thread Ed Brayton
, and it is against zoning regulations to put up such structures, or any such structure higher than 14 feet, on residential property. Does the RLUIPA apply to individuals on residential property as well as to churches? Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message

RE: Cross on private property

2008-01-06 Thread Ed Brayton
regulation that limited the size of a school they want to build on church grounds. Ed Brayton From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Brayton Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 3:07 PM To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: Cross on private property

A new religion and custody case

2008-01-06 Thread Ed Brayton
to which he may be conscientiously opposed. Very interesting case. The mother apparently wants the child to go to Catholic school, so it would seem that the constitutional argument would apply to both sides. http://www.wlky.com/news/14981101/detail.html Ed Brayton

RE: A new religion and custody case

2008-01-06 Thread Ed Brayton
found very few cases where an appeals court overrules such a ruling. It seems clear to me that there is at least some degree of constitutional problem with such a ruling. Ed Brayton From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas Laycock Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008

RE: A new religion and custody case

2008-01-06 Thread Ed Brayton
But I guess the real question is, can the court choose that parent based on the fact that they are religious and the other is not. That's really the crux of the issue. Ed Brayton From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas Laycock Sent: Sunday, January 06

Need an expert on religion in custody cases

2008-01-02 Thread Ed Brayton
unless you are okay with being quoted in my article. Thanks. Ed Brayton ___ 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

RE: Congressional resolutions: threat or menace?

2007-12-19 Thread Ed Brayton
a faith with enough confidence to believe that what should be rendered to God does not need to be decided and collected by Caesar. Coincidentally, I just used that quote in an article on a new released-time program today. Ed Brayton From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: Pagan religion

2007-12-18 Thread Ed Brayton
it was replaced with pagan. In both cases, it is used in that context to mean nothing more than those who are not us. Ed Brayton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cogan, Susan L. Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 10:15 AM To: Law Religion

RE: Happy Festivus!

2007-12-17 Thread Ed Brayton
constitutes a secular symbol, e.g. a menorah or a star and crescent as in the NY city school case. No more problems with endorsement of any kind because every display is privately owned and maintained and all private groups have equal access. Problem solved. Thoughts? Ed Brayton -Original Message

RE: Happy Festivus!

2007-12-17 Thread Ed Brayton
Then the answer is no as it does not fit the purpose of this limited public forum. Ed Brayton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Freiman Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:33 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re

RE: An email of possible relevance

2007-12-17 Thread Ed Brayton
One of the seemingly infinite number of circulated emails full of feigned outrage and false claims on this issue that litter our inboxes. This list is the last place I would have thought I'd see one forwarded. Ed Brayton From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Volokh

RE: Michigan RLUIPA suit

2007-11-10 Thread Ed Brayton
It appears from the article, though, that this suit is being filed just over the municipality demanding that they file for a variance, not for refusing the variance. Does that change the analysis at all? Ed Brayton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Michigan RLUIPA suit

2007-11-09 Thread Ed Brayton
. The TMLC says this violates the RLUIPA. Thoughts? Ed Brayton ___ 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

Michigan RFRA?

2007-10-03 Thread Ed Brayton
Does anyone on the list know if Michigan has passed their own version of RFRA? If so, can you tell me where to find it in the Michigan code? Thanks. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change

RE: Suing God (honest, it's a lawsuit that has really been filed)

2007-09-17 Thread Ed Brayton
Yep, one and the same. Ed Brayton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Volokh, Eugene Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 10:35 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Suing God (honest, it's a lawsuit that has really been

RE: Recent Threads / True Mental Health...

2007-09-08 Thread Ed Brayton
Is this really the appropriate list for such preaching? I know it damn well isn't the appropriate list to be declaring some members of the list mentally ill. Ed Brayton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Lofton Sent: Saturday

RE: Recent Threads / True Mental Health...

2007-09-08 Thread Ed Brayton
The first amendment applies to what the government can do, not to what is acceptable on a private listserv. This list is for discussion of religion and law, not for you to harangue and proselytize. Surely that shouldn't need to be explained on this list of all places. Ed Brayton -Original

RE: Church is not an option

2007-08-19 Thread Ed Brayton
enough, they should have fired him for that. Ed Brayton -Original Message- From: Scarberry, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scarberry, Mark Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 12:26 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Church is not an option The analyses

RE: Unfavorable feelings towards ideologies

2007-08-14 Thread Ed Brayton
). There simply is no intrinsic logical link between criticizing a set of beliefs and discriminating against those who hold them; one can quite easily criticize someone for their beliefs and staunchly defend their right to express them. Ed Brayton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Unfavorable feelings towards ideologies

2007-08-14 Thread Ed Brayton
-Christians is merely a function of the popularity of anti-gay views among Christians (or at least a certain subset of them). Again, I don't think those motivations make such codes legitimate, but let's at least state them accurately. Ed Brayton ___ To post

RE: EC Compelling Interest

2007-07-23 Thread Ed Brayton
with military chaplains paid for by the government for that reason. Ed Brayton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Duncan Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 8:32 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: EC Compelling Interest

Southern Illinois settles CLS case

2007-05-24 Thread Ed Brayton
the ones involving Hastings School of Law and the University of Wisconsin? Ed Brayton ___ 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

NCBCPS Case

2007-05-19 Thread Ed Brayton
in the case directly and therefore have easy access to the briefs, filings, expert reports and so forth, or who knows someone who does and would be willing to give me access to them, please contact me off list. Thanks. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message

RE: The Summum faith wins twice today in the Tenth Circuit

2007-04-18 Thread Ed Brayton
going to allow such monuments to go up on public property, allowing only one religion to place such monuments on public property and no other religion is a clear establishment clause violation. Ed Brayton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: Complex SCOTUS Move Gets Rid of Anti-Gay T-shirt Case

2007-03-05 Thread Ed Brayton
Im confused by this ruling. They denied the little sister's motion to intervene, but also upheld the dismissal on grounds of mootness and voided the whole case. Does that mean the case just goes away now or do the plaintiffs have some recourse to start over at the district court? Ed Brayton

Re: What War on Christmas? ACLU Fights for Christmas Tree!

2006-12-22 Thread Ed Brayton
as the forum is open to everyone but sometimes goes a little too far while opposing all instances of government endorsement of religion or favoritism toward one religion) it just wouldn't scare the bejeezus out of people and prompt them to open up their checkbooks. Ed Brayton (and yes, I'm

Re: What War on Christmas? ACLU Fights for Christmas Tree!

2006-12-22 Thread Ed Brayton
also pretty certain that plaintiffs in Engle v. Vitale included Christians As were nearly all the plaintiffs in McLean, Edwards and Kitzmiller, the three big evolution cases. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu

Cobb County evolution disclaimer case settled

2006-12-19 Thread Ed Brayton
to settle the case given the outcome in the Dover trial last year. This comes one day before the one year anniversary of the ruling in Kitzmiller v. DASD. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change

RLUIPA and light pollution?

2006-12-09 Thread Ed Brayton
be shut off at night. A law professor from USC says that the RLUIPA prevents any enforcement of those statutes, but that strikes me as unlikely. Any thoughts? Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: Lawsuits against SYATP.

2006-09-26 Thread Ed Brayton
supported by the courts. Ed Brayton ___ 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

Re: Lawsuits against SYATP.

2006-09-26 Thread Ed Brayton
the same kind of exaggeration and distortion that I'm objecting to). Ed Brayton ___ 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

Re: Lawsuits against SYATP.

2006-09-26 Thread Ed Brayton
us no good in examining these issues to oversimplify and demonize the other side. It adds plenty of emotion and very little reason to the discusssion. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change optio

Lawsuits against See You At The Pole

2006-09-25 Thread Ed Brayton
to? If there have been such lawsuits filed, or even such opposition stated, I'd like to see documentation of it. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http

Re: Lawsuits against SYATP.

2006-09-25 Thread Ed Brayton
trying to figure out who those others are and where this constitutional showdown has ever taken place. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucl

Re: Lawsuits against SYATP.

2006-09-25 Thread Ed Brayton
anything to do with believing that the SYATP event itself is unconstitutional. This just looks a lot like rhetorical hyperbole to me, an attempt to paint far greater opposition than actually exists. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionla

Re: Recommendation...

2006-09-01 Thread Ed Brayton
us how to conduct ourselves in the most banal and irrelevant items like how long to keep our hair, but couldn't be bothered to say only marry one person? Or for that matter, don't own other human beings? It just doesn't add up. Ed Brayton ___ To post

Re: Recommendation...

2006-09-01 Thread Ed Brayton
of hair, type of fabric one may wear, etc), it is surely reasonable to conclude from the fact that polygamy is not condemned, and that God blesses polygamists greatly and makes them leaders throughout the Bible, that polygamy is not frowned upon from the perspective of the Bible. Ed Brayton

Re: Recommendation...

2006-09-01 Thread Ed Brayton
and horses, considered among the trappings of wealth and power. This is not a commandment against polygamy at all, it is a commandment against kings taking riches for themselves rather than looking after their people. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send

New California Law

2006-08-30 Thread Ed Brayton
a very strong version of the RFRA that might be used to give such an exemption? Or am I mistaken? Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu

Re: New California Law

2006-08-30 Thread Ed Brayton
provides any greater protection to religious liberty than that provided, after Smith, at the federal level. Okay, thank you. Have the state courts said anything in this regard? I know that the Federal courts will not apply the RFRA to the states. Ed Brayton

Re: New California Law

2006-08-30 Thread Ed Brayton
Paul Finkelman wrote: Paul, I'm afraid your reply was empty. Can you resend? Ed Brayton ___ 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

Re: 4th Circuit rules (again) in favor of the Good News Club

2006-08-11 Thread Ed Brayton
not apply either of those cases in March. So it appears that the plaintiffs did not raise the public forum issue and the court did not consider it. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change optio

Re: 4th Circuit rules (again) in favor of the Good News Club

2006-08-11 Thread Ed Brayton
resolved the constitutional questions? Ed Brayton ___ 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

Re: Fox News Forgets Fact in Christian Graduation Speech Story

2006-08-06 Thread Ed Brayton
should not exercise any control over the content of their speech at all. Then the speech is purely their own, there is no message of endorsement, and the student can say whatever they want. Free speech preserved, establishment clause problem eliminated, everyone hapy. Ed Brayton

Re: The Roberts Court

2006-07-25 Thread Ed Brayton
the Court will clear it up. Ed Brayton ___ 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

Re: The Roberts Court

2006-07-25 Thread Ed Brayton
the court. I predict that such line-drawing will be non-existent in his judgement on that case. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi

Re: Seventh Circuit Decision in Christian Legal Society v. Southern Illinois University

2006-07-13 Thread Ed Brayton
to private groups for recognition, benefits or access, religious groups should be treated the same as non-religious groups, which means they should be able to control their membership. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu

HR 2679

2006-06-28 Thread Ed Brayton
other than the establishment clause, this legislation would not apply and the teacher could recover the legal costs if she wins the suit, while those objecting to the policy on the other side, because their suit would be on establishment clause grounds, would not. Any thoughts? Ed Brayton

Re: Teenagers The Spirit of Liberty

2006-05-24 Thread Ed Brayton
it squarely with the majority, which in my mind means that it does amount to bullying - we have the numbers, so you're just going to have to sit there and take it while we carry out our religious exercises during a school event where religion is completely irrelevant to the process of education

Re: Bullying of Christian Students in Public Schools

2006-05-24 Thread Ed Brayton
them to bully someone else in Kentucky"? The two situations have nothing to do with each other. Ed Brayton 05.23.2006 Students Plead With School Boards for Safe Schools and Free Speech Sacramento, CAStudents and their parents packed out a school board meeting at the Roseville Joi

Re: Teenagers The Spirit of Liberty

2006-05-23 Thread Ed Brayton
in this debate very, very quickly. Ed Brayton ___ 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

Re: Making a distinction

2006-05-20 Thread Ed Brayton
this to try and elevate that level of understanding. Ed Brayton ___ 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

Re: Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies

2006-04-10 Thread Ed Brayton
opponent of hate speech codes, and I would argue that such codes at public universities are clearly unconstitutional. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http

Re: San Francicso Board of Supervisors Catholic Charities Resolution

2006-04-06 Thread Ed Brayton
good government.) Those are very interesting questions. I wonder if any of us would answer them consistently in the real world. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options,

Re: Catholic Charities Issue

2006-03-22 Thread Ed Brayton
as well); but we undermine our principled position if we then seek to have government impose restrictions on their private behavior (as opposed to the laws they advocate). Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe

Re: Religious Groups and Gays and Lesbians

2006-03-21 Thread Ed Brayton
speech and free association, they put their own at risk. Ed Brayton ___ 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

Re: Catholic Charities Issue

2006-03-16 Thread Ed Brayton
, the situation would be quite different. But it seems to me that the state of Massachusetts can achieve both goals here, opening opportunities for gays to adopt children and allowing Catholic Charities to continue to facilitate adoptions without violating their faith. Ed Brayton Note well

Re: And Now For Something Completely Different

2006-03-14 Thread Ed Brayton
faith. I agree with all of that except the last part. The Bishops are acting consistent with their faith, and to that extent I respect their decision. But that doesn't make the rest of the statement untrue. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to R

Re: And Now For Something Completely Different

2006-03-14 Thread Ed Brayton
that means I can't criticize them for it. Ed Brayton ___ 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

Re: And Now For Something Completely Different

2006-03-14 Thread Ed Brayton
Richard Dougherty wrote: I happen to agree with Ed Brayton that tolerance does not mean immunity from criticism, but I'm guessing many or most people would not. But what does one call lecturing the Church on its own teachings? Or the assertion that its theology, grounded in 2000 years

Massachusetts RFRA?

2006-03-13 Thread Ed Brayton
Does Massachusetts have a version of the RFRA, as many states do? If so, how would they go about getting an exemption in the case of the gay adoptions? Or could they invoke the Federal RFRA? Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw

Re: Massachusetts RFRA?

2006-03-13 Thread Ed Brayton
asked the question. Why is it not subject to the Federal RFRA? Does the Federal RFRA apply itself explicitly to Federal actions only? Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get

Re: New Christian Web Site

2006-03-01 Thread Ed Brayton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TheAmericanView.com 2 years old is new? Ed Brayton ___ 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

Re: Boy Scouts, Title VII, and the ministerial exemption

2006-03-01 Thread Ed Brayton
. If they take the position that they are an explicitly religious organization, they will have a much harder time making the case for subsidy. Ed Brayton ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options

Re: Where academic freedom and the First Amendment religion clauses clash

2006-02-22 Thread Ed Brayton
s religion is being denigrated if the professor places the blame the other way. There simply is no way to avoid having some beliefs contradicted in a university, nor should there be. So how would you propose that such a line be drawn without essentially destroying the entire purpose for which a

Re: From the list custodian RE: Pink Triangles and Religious Liberty

2006-01-29 Thread Ed Brayton
, the knowledge of truth (of the HoloHoax) is expanding across the Earth. For a USA-First government! Larry Would it be rude of me to suggest that someone stick a dreidel in this guy's mouth to shut him up? Probably. I guess I better not suggest it then. Crankily, Ed Brayton

Re: Draft ID statutory language

2006-01-26 Thread Ed Brayton
ms to evolve, Dembski's explanatory filter relies upon the inability of the interaction of chance and law to do the same thing, all of Wells' arguments are purely negative in evaluating arguments for evolution, etc.). Third, because there is no way to either t

Re: Pink Triangles and Religious Liberty

2006-01-26 Thread Ed Brayton
those efforts. Ed Brayton ___ 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

Re: Pink Triangles and Religious Liberty

2006-01-26 Thread Ed Brayton
mate actions to curb this particular type of abuse. Ed Brayton ___ 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 not

Re: Draft ID statutory language

2006-01-25 Thread Ed Brayton
e to me, all in all, though I don't think I'd use the phrase "intelligent design theory". There is no such theory at this point, so there's really nothing to teach. One could discuss various arguments for intelligent design, I suppose, but that phrase is a bit of an oxymoron. Ed Brayton

Re: School District drops Intelligent Design Class

2006-01-18 Thread Ed Brayton
fossil record, radiometric dating and so forth. Ed Brayton ___ 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

Re: School District drops Intelligent Design Class

2006-01-18 Thread Ed Brayton
course that taught that perspective almost exclusively. In the second syllabus, they rushed to find a single pro-evolution video to add to the 19 creationist videos they were planning to show in the class. This class was simply advocating creationism, plain and simple. Ed Brayton

Re: Return to Dover

2006-01-16 Thread Ed Brayton
and the Endorsement Test. If it had been overturned, it would only have been with an explicit repudiation of the Lemon test or the endorsement tests, or both. Of course, we'll never know for sure since it won't be appealed. Ed Brayton ___ To post

Slightly off topic posting

2006-01-04 Thread Ed Brayton
you don't mind a little snow. Ed Brayton ___ 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

Re: Dover Case Questions

2005-12-22 Thread Ed Brayton
of folks like Dawkins and Dennett. I think it would not only be constitutional, I think it is necessary. We do a lousy job of teaching how science operates, by and large, and I think we absolutely ought to teach science beginning there. Ed Brayton

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