Discrimination against Atheists : a New Legal Hierarchy among Religious Beliefs.

Discrimination against Atheists : a New Legal Hierarchy among Religious Beliefs.

Weiler-Harwell examines continuing, legal, discrimination against atheists, as made clear in two cases: Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000) and Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (2004). These rulings created a new, discriminatory level of distinction for believers versus non-believers tha...

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Main Author: Weiler-Harwell, Nina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2011.
Series:Recht und Gesellschaft.
Subjects:
Atheists > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Religious discrimination > Law and legislation > United States.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Religious discrimination > Law and legislation
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Atheists and America's Civil Religion; Chapter 3: The Boy Scouts and Atheist Exclusion; Chapter 4: Michael Newdow and the Pledge of Allegiance:Is Participation in Civil Religion Truly Voluntary?; Chapter 5: Prospects for Future Action; Bibliography; Cases Cited; Index.

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