Oregon State University: Students asked not to eat in “shared spaces” during Ramadan

Cuntrolled Opposition said:
The operative word is, "request."
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Think so?

By allowing such a request, the administration of Oregon State University may be open to complaints that they are tacitly advancing a particular religion. Should they disallow or discourage any other religion form receiving such extraordinary accommodation, they could be liable to legal action. As a general rule, publicly-funded schools (including post-secondary institutions) may not advance any specific religion or discriminate in their treatment of different religions.

The First Amendment of the Constitutions "Establishment Clause" prohibits government and public institutions from any activity that endorses, advances, or otherwise advantages one religion over another.

See Frederick Mark Gedicks, An Unfirm Foundation: The Regrettable Indefensibility of Religious Exemptions, 20 U. Ark. Little Rock L.J. 555 (1998); William P. Marshall, What is the Matter with Equality? An Assessment of the Equal Treatment of Religion and Non-Religion in First Amendment Jurisprudence, 75 Ind. L.J. 193 (2000); Andrew Koppelman, Is It Fair to Give Religion Special Treatment, 2006 U.Ill. L. Rev. 571.
 
krudzu said:
Ramadan lasts longer than a week. Do you like communities taking down crosses and nativity scenes?
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Liking or disliking such activities isn't the point, is it?

What does the law of the land have to say about government-funded institutions appearing to favor any religion over another?
 
Legion said:
Think so?

By allowing such a request, the administration of Oregon State University may be open to complaints that they are tacitly advancing a particular religion. Should they disallow or discourage any other religion form receiving such extraordinary accommodation, they could be liable to legal action. As a general rule, publicly-funded schools (including post-secondary institutions) may not advance any specific religion or discriminate in their treatment of different religions.

The First Amendment of the Constitutions "Establishment Clause" prohibits government and public institutions from any activity that endorses, advances, or otherwise advantages one religion over another.

See Frederick Mark Gedicks, An Unfirm Foundation: The Regrettable Indefensibility of Religious Exemptions, 20 U. Ark. Little Rock L.J. 555 (1998); William P. Marshall, What is the Matter with Equality? An Assessment of the Equal Treatment of Religion and Non-Religion in First Amendment Jurisprudence, 75 Ind. L.J. 193 (2000); Andrew Koppelman, Is It Fair to Give Religion Special Treatment, 2006 U.Ill. L. Rev. 571.
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You're busy cutting and pasting, but you're the kind of guy who would take a chocolate cake to a diabetes support group meeting.
 
anatta said:
that's a very and sane and good solid practice... it would go a long way towards solving our problems as well
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Except it's a violation of the Establishment Clause as generally interpreted by the courts.

I also doubt Muslims have been asked to accommodate Catholics by eschewing meat dishes on Fridays or to observe Jewish kosher restrictions at the same publicly funded university.
 
anatta said:
that's a very and sane and good solid practice... it would go a long way towards solving our problems as well
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Yes it would.. U of Oregon has always had a lot of students from the Middle East.. They know about Ramadan..
 
Legion said:
Liking or disliking such activities isn't the point, is it?

What does the law of the land have to say about government-funded institutions appearing to favor any religion over another?
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Common courtesy is not "favoring"...
 
Legion said:
Except it's a violation of the Establishment Clause as generally interpreted by the courts.

I also doubt Muslims have been asked to accommodate Catholics by eschewing meat dishes on Fridays or to observe Jewish kosher restrictions at the same publicly funded university.
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You don't have much education, do you? You sure do have a chip on your shoulder.. Jewish people eat Halal when they can't get Kosher and Arabs will eat Kosher when they can't get Halal.
 
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