I thought list members might be interested in knowing that a federal district in Wisconsin held last Friday that state officials violated the Constitution by denying certain religious charities access to their state employee charitable campaign. Access to the campaign was conditioned on compliance with a rule banning religious discrimination in choosing employees and members of the governing board.
The case is Association of Faith-Based Organizations v. Bablitch, W.D. Wis No. 06-C-175-S. The opinion is online at http://www.wiwd.uscourts.gov/bcgi-bin/opinions/district_opinions/C/06/06-C-1 75-S-09-29-06.PDF. The court held that it was unreasonable under the circumstances for Wisconsin to exclude these religious charities from the campaign. The court distinguished the Second Circuit's decision in Boy Scouts v. Wyman. My organization represents the plaintiff in the case. Greg Baylor Gregory S. Baylor Director, Center for Law & Religious Freedom Christian Legal Society 8001 Braddock Road, Suite 300 Springfield, VA 22151 (703) 642-1070 x 3502 (703) 642-1075 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clsnet.org _______________________________________________ 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. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
