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 Levinson, Sanford V
religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu> [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Marty Lederman Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 3:18 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics mailto:religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu>> Subject: Re: Successful RFR

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
.edu>> Subject: 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 Exactly, Eugene. The employer already has available to it the "alternative" the judge creatively surmi

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 Volokh, Eugene
[mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Marty Lederman Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 3:18 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Successful RFRA defense in EEOC case against funeral home that fired a male-to-female transgender employee for insisting on wearing a skirt

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 Steven Jamar
I supported RFRA for years. I am becoming a supporter of Smith. -- Prof. Steven D. Jamar Assoc. Dir. of International Programs Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice http://iipsj.org http://sdjlaw.org "Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, so

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 Marty Lederman
Exactly, Eugene. The employer already has available to it the "alternative" the judge creatively surmised. The employer himself didn't propose it, no doubt because he would object to Stephens not wearing a tie (not to mention other indicia of the fact that she's a woman, e.g., make-up), and to 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 Volokh, Eugene
In today's EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, http://www.politico.com/f/?id=0156-9f0a-d073-a5d7-df9ef3920001, a federal district court rejected a EEOC claim on RFRA grounds. I'm a bit puzzled, though, by the court's reasoning, and I wanted to ask what fellow list members thought. 1