Discrimination against atheists [[electronic resource] ] : a new legal hierarchy among religious beliefs / / Nina Weiler-Harwell

• Autore: Weiler-Harwell Nina <1963->
• Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (204 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.7308/52
• Soggetto topico: Atheists - Legal status, laws, etc - United States; Religious discrimination - Law and legislation - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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 r
• Titolo autorizzato: Discrimination against atheists
• ISBN: 1-59332-675-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785953503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Law and society (New York, N.Y.)