02749nam 2200565Ia 450 991046227020332120200520144314.01-59332-675-0(CKB)2670000000271353(EBL)1057871(OCoLC)818819108(SSID)ssj0000755495(PQKBManifestationID)11454050(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755495(PQKBWorkID)10729731(PQKB)10511008(MiAaPQ)EBC1057871(Au-PeEL)EBL1057871(CaPaEBR)ebr10622763(EXLCZ)99267000000027135320110125d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDiscrimination against atheists[electronic resource] a new legal hierarchy among religious beliefs /Nina Weiler-HarwellEl Paso LFB Scholarly Pub.20111 online resource (204 p.)Law and society, recent scholarshipDescription based upon print version of record.1-59332-441-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexWeiler-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 that is ahistorical in light of previous Supreme Court precedent. Both cases created new standards for analyzing equality under the law for non-conformists such as atheists, shaping a new hierarchy of protected and unprotected forms of religious belief. The new judicial standards elevate monotheistic rLaw and society (New York, N.Y.)AtheistsLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesReligious discriminationLaw and legislationUnited StatesElectronic books.AtheistsLegal status, laws, etc.Religious discriminationLaw and legislation342.7308/52Weiler-Harwell Nina1963-883238MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462270203321Discrimination against atheists1972919UNINA