Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-29 Thread Ed Darrell
government accommodation of speech or religion. Ed Darrell Dallas From: "Volokh, Eugene" <vol...@law.ucla.edu> To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics <religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 7:53 PM Subject: RE: Muslim-focused "refle

RE: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-29 Thread Volokh, Eugene
u<mailto:religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu>> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 7:53 PM Subject: RE: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport I much appreciate the background on how airports make their money, but I don’t think this matters for Establishment Clause purposes

Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Volokh, Eugene
A blog reader asked me about this, and I thought I’d pose the question to the list. Orlando Airport is apparently spending $250,000 to build a “reflection room” where Muslim travelers can more conveniently pray, especially given the expansion of the airline Emirates at the

Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Justin Butterfield
w@lists.ucla.edu>> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 10:18 AM To: "Law & Religion issues for Law Academics (religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu>)" <religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu>> Subject: Muslim-focused &

Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Justin Butterfield
gionlaw@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu>> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 12:20 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics <religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu>> Subject: Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airpo

Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Ed Darrell
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Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Ed Darrell
20 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics <religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu> Subject: Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport Is this any different than creating chapels or worship/reflection spaces on a state university campus, in a county hospital, or on a militar

Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Ira Lupu
Is this any different than creating chapels or worship/reflection spaces on a state university campus, in a county hospital, or on a military base? What holds these examples (including the airport) together is the desire to accommodate the worship needs of patrons/participants who have no ready

RE: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Alan E Brownstein
according to ostensibly neutral criteria. Alan From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Ira Lupu Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 10:21 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room&qu

RE: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Levinson, Sanford V
d other denominational chapels that might be provided? sandy From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Justin Butterfield Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 12:58 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Muslim-focused &qu

RE: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Volokh, Eugene
-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Darrell Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 2:31 PM To: Alan E Brownstein; Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport Alan, there's a difference between public space and the space people pay r

RE: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Alan E Brownstein
-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Justin Butterfield Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 2:35 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport The former, but not that rooms are provided for a wide range of expressive

RE: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Volokh, Eugene
To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport I would hope that no court would hold that allocating access to public property or allocating public funds on the basis of majority approval or votes would constitute ne

Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Steven Green
...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto: > religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] *On Behalf Of *Justin Butterfield > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 28, 2015 12:58 PM > *To:* Law & Religion issues for Law Academics > *Subject:* Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport > > > >

RE: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Alan E Brownstein
Law Academics Subject: Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport Again I note, airport terminals are not buildings that state pays for nor pays to maintain (though title often falls to a governmental entity if the facility is abandoned). I just don't think our usual "wha

RE: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Alan E Brownstein
: Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport I agree that there's a possible accommodation approach that would allow the reflection room as well. Setting aside accommodation, the Sixth Circuit rests pretty strongly on neutrality as the guiding principle in holding that government fund

Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Ed Darrell
m: Alan E Brownstein <aebrownst...@ucdavis.edu> To: Ed Darrell <edarr...@sbcglobal.net>; Law & Religion issues for Law Academics <religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 3:28 PM Subject: RE: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in ai

Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Justin Butterfield
nlaw@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu>> Subject: RE: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport I’m not sure how all of these free speech cases the Sixth Circuit cites apply to the government funding of a chapel. Is the argument that the creation of rooms i

Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport

2015-10-28 Thread Justin Butterfield
e: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 4:35 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics <religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu>> Subject: Re: Muslim-focused "reflection room" in airport The former, but not that rooms are provided for a wide range of expre