tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37253361364614755362024-03-13T22:44:33.795-07:00NYU Law and Religion Society Official BlogThe Law and Religion Society exists to educate, advocate, and plan debates on the defense of religious freedom, its role in the law and public policy, and the promotion of interfaith dialogue among all the religious groups on at NYU School of Law.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03460670832720163120noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725336136461475536.post-60715196397204259352015-03-30T20:42:00.006-07:002016-04-26T17:01:54.726-07:00Gay Marriage's Legal Debate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #3e3145; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">NYU Law Professor & ACLU LGBT Rights Director </span><a href="https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/profile.cfm?section=bio&personID=36293" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Matthew Coles</a><span style="color: #3e3145; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> debates Alliance Defending Freedom Sr. Counsel </span><a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/tag/adf-jeff-shafer/" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Jeff Shafer</a><span style="color: #3e3145; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> on whether the 14th Amendment requires states to license & recognize same-sex marriages. This debate was held in the wake of the </span>Supreme Court's hearing of<span style="color: #3e3145; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> </span><span style="color: #3e3145; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/28/us/same-sex-marriage-supreme-court-excerpts.html?_r=1">Obergefell v. Hodges</a>,</span></span><span style="color: #3e3145; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> the 6th Circuit decision </span><span style="color: #3e3145; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">allowing states to not recognize same-sex marriage.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e3145; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">NYU Law Professor & former ACLU National Director <a href="https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/profile.cfm?section=bio&personID=20165">Burt Neuborne</a> </span><span style="color: #3e3145; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">debates ACLJ Executive Director <a href="http://aclj.org/writers/jordan-sekulow">Jordan Sekulow</a> </span><span style="color: #3e3145; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">on the Constitutionality of <a href="http://www.usccb.org/about/general-counsel/upload/2012-hhs-mandate-public-legal-memo.pdf">Obamacare's HHS Mandate</a>. This debate was held before the Supreme Court's final ruling on <a href="http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf">Hobby Lobby & Conestoga Woods. </a></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03460670832720163120noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725336136461475536.post-10932610890582944252014-04-06T14:17:00.001-07:002015-04-16T04:52:29.261-07:00Abortion's Legal & Policy Debate<div style="text-align: center;">
NYU Law Professor <a href="https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/profile.cfm?personID=19969">Martin Guggenheim</a> debates Alliance Defending Freedom Sr. Counsel <a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/caseymattox/">Casey Mattox</a> on the future of abortion laws and policy in light of <i><a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-744.ZS.html">Planned Parenthood v. Casey</a></i>. </div>
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The NYU Federalist Society invited Gerald Walpin, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0988650916/ref=cm_sw_su_dp">former US Inspector General, Assistant United States Attorney, and best selling author</a>, to speak about the Supreme Court decisions that have diverted from the Constitution due to Judicial Activism.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03460670832720163120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725336136461475536.post-72825970476645753172014-03-01T08:42:00.001-08:002015-04-16T04:52:46.434-07:00Persecution of the Mormons<div style="text-align: center;">
Dr. Richard Bushman, Professor of History Emeritus at Columbia University and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/From-Puritan-Yankee-Character-Connecticut/dp/0674325516">award winning author</a>, discusses how weak religious minorities best respond when the law abandons them by taking the example of the Mormons' own history.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03460670832720163120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725336136461475536.post-3371456184345181522013-12-19T13:04:00.001-08:002015-04-16T03:24:47.523-07:00The Limits of the Constitution's Religious Establishment Prohibition<div style="text-align: center;">
Liberty University School of Law Fellow Ken Klukowski talks about the history of the Establishment Clause as well as the fallout of <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/11/22/Remaking-the-Courts-Dems-Will-Rue-the-Day-They-Invoked-Nuclear-Option">Harry Reid's invocation of the nuclear option</a> in the Senate confirmation hearings. </div>
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Mr. Klukowski is a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Resurgent-Constitutional-Conservatism-Save-America/dp/B005X4D5A0">national-bestselling author</a> who is Director of the Center for Religious Liberty at the Family Research Council, and <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Columnists/Ken-Klukowski">Senior Legal Analyst for Breitbart New</a>s. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03460670832720163120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725336136461475536.post-39102679215572067772013-11-22T22:42:00.002-08:002015-02-04T23:05:26.299-08:00Christians & the Law<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/profile.cfm?personID=39513">NYU Law Professor David A. Skeel</a> talks about a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-align: start;">chapter called "Christianity and the Justice Paradox" in his upcoming book <u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/True-Paradox-Christianity-Makes-Complex/dp/0830836764">A True Paradox</a></u>.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> He gives us an argument on why Christians should use a more hands off approach to using law to influence culture. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Special thanks to attorney Jeff Shafer from the Alliance Defending Freedom. Mr. Shafer came to NYU Law School and gave us the argument for Legislative Prayer, following the filing of <a href="http://ow.ly/qz0uP">the Oral Hearings for <i>Greece v. Galloway</i></a>.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03460670832720163120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725336136461475536.post-11159097298227817892013-11-19T22:26:00.000-08:002015-04-16T03:51:11.031-07:00Gay Marriage's Policy Debate<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The NYU Federalist Society hosted this debate between Heritage Foundation Fellow <a href="http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/a/ryan-anderson">Ryan T. Anderson</a> and NYU Sociology Professor <a href="http://sca.as.nyu.edu/object/JudithStacey">Judith Stacey</a>. The debate was before the <i><a href="http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/12-307_jnt1.pdf">Windsor</a> </i>& <i><a href="http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/12-144a.pdf">Perry</a> </i>decisions and centered on the policy, sociological, and philosophical arguments of both sides on the defense of marriage. </span></div>
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