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



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Autore: Weiler-Harwell Nina <1963-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Discrimination against atheists [[electronic resource] ] : a new legal hierarchy among religious beliefs / / Nina Weiler-Harwell Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-59332-675-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910785953503321
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Serie: Law and society (New York, N.Y.)