Re: Noteworthy, puzzling scholars' brief in Arlene Flowers

2016-10-11 Thread Roger Severino
hand, but that also means there is not much, if any, reasoned analysis available for us to examine. Roger Severino From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu on behalf of Marty Lederman Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 10:40 AM To: conlawp...@lists.ucla

Re: Successful RFRA defense in EEOC case against funeral home that fired a male-to-female transgender employee for insisting on wearing a skirt suit to work

2016-08-18 Thread Roger Severino
r Title VII if she is fired for going to work topless one day? If so, does such a claim defeat a RFRA defense if the owner, as a matter of faith, does not want to subject customers to seeing topless women at his or her business (regardless of how they self identify)? Roger Severino O

Re: New Version of Proposed First Amendment Defense Act

2016-07-14 Thread Roger Severino
I am curious too. Do you take issue with his theology or do you think his refusal to defend the law presents an Establishment Clause problem, or something else? Roger Severino On Jul 14, 2016, at 11:09, Michael Worley mailto:mwor...@byulaw.net>> wrote: Marty, I, for one, would be c

Re: The Bedford pool exemption--a collection of reactions

2016-06-08 Thread Roger Severino
it be a per se violation in your estimation? If so, would an equal number of male-only trains make the policy ok even if there is no demand for them and it would exacerbate the overcrowding problems, thereby putting more women at risk of abuse? Thanks, Roger Severino On Jun 7, 2016, at 18:18

Re: State law question raised by Trinity Lutheran Church

2016-05-01 Thread Roger Severino
ate law question raised by Trinity Lutheran Church Unless I'm missing something, that page doesn't even have cites or links to the provisions analogous to the Blaine amendment (dealing with schools), let alone to the provisions akin to those at issue in Missouri, which--unlike the Blain

Re: State law question raised by Trinity Lutheran Church

2016-04-30 Thread Roger Severino
Try this link. http://www.becketfund.org/blaineamendments/#states On Apr 30, 2016, at 09:07, Laycock, H Douglas (hdl5c) mailto:hd...@virginia.edu>> wrote: I think there's a compilation on the Becket Fund website. There are a lot more little Blaine Amendments than your list, but they are not a

RE: The impropriety of religious exemptions to child abuse laws

2009-08-03 Thread Roger Severino
credibly destructive and unjustifiable, even if done in a hospital setting, which is not likely the common practice as I understand it. -Roger Severino From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Roger Severino Sent: Mond

RE: The impropriety of religious exemptions to child abuse laws

2009-08-03 Thread Roger Severino
boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Douglas Laycock Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 6:41 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics; Roger Severino Cc: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: RE: The impropriety of religious exemptions to child abuse laws I think that medical opinion has shifted ag

RE: The impropriety of religious exemptions to child abuse laws

2009-08-02 Thread Roger Severino
rvant Muslims would seek exemptions to any such criminal bans. -Roger Severino From: vol...@law.ucla.edu To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 21:40:52 -0700 Subject: The impropriety of religious exemptions to child abuse laws I stress again that I’m not sure

RE: Impact of same-sex marriage rulings on strict scrutinyinreligious exemption cases

2009-04-10 Thread Roger Severino
hreat in America for political and constitutional reasons. -Roger Severino > From: icl...@law.gwu.edu > Subject: RE: Impact of same-sex marriage rulings on strict > scrutinyinreligious exemption cases > To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:55:

RE: Impact of same-sex marriage rulings on strict scrutinyinreligious exemption cases

2009-04-10 Thread Roger Severino
es not seem to me to be so far-fetched, especially when one considers the rhetoric of gay rights leaders like Mr. Knox. Art, I'm curious to know why you "certainly wouldn't suggest that the state should withdraw the power to solemnize civil marriages." Regards, -Roger Severi

RE: Impact of same-sex marriage rulings on strict scrutinyinreligious exemption cases

2009-04-10 Thread Roger Severino
t relationships they will solemnize through a dual religious and civil ceremony. Ironically, this dual arrangement likely furthers a stated interest of courts that approve of same-sex marriage--that of increasing the number of committed couples that enter into civilly-recognized marriages.

RE: Impact of same-sex marriage rulings on strict scrutiny inreligious exemption cases

2009-04-08 Thread Roger Severino
, only certain houses of worship would literally get the state seal of approval to solemnize marriages while others would not and the state's choice of winners and losers will turn precisely on each religious institutions' theology of marriage.-Roger Severino (Disclaimer: all opinions exp

RE: Impact of same-sex marriage rulings on strict scrutiny in religious exemption cases

2009-04-07 Thread Roger Severino
Boy Scouts after Dale. See Barnes-Wallace, Evans v. Berkeley, Boy Scouts v. Wyman, among others. -Roger Severino I think Tom is quite right here. Note how the California, Iowa, Massachusetts, and Vermont cases relied on legislative decisions approving of gay rights -- antidiscrimination la