Caroline Mala Corbin
Constitutional law professor specializing in religion, speech, and women's rights. Fond of art, science, and equality.
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An Under-The-Radar SCOTUS Case Could Obliterate The Line Between Church And State
A Montana education program at the center of a Supreme Court case was filled with anti-LGBTQ schools.
Caroline Mala Corbin
An Under-The-Radar SCOTUS Case Could Obliterate The Line Between Church And State buff.ly/30Edlmt
#Establishment #EstablishmentClause #FreeExercise #religion #education
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Online Site Has Immunity In Banning Conversion Therapy Videos
In Domen v. Vimeo, Inc. , (SD NY, Jan. 15, 2020), a New York federal magistrate judge dismissed a suit by James Domen, a pastor who is the ...
Caroline Mala Corbin
Online Site Vimeo Has Immunity In Banning Conversion Therapy Videos buff.ly/30CLxz8
Vimeo bans hate speech & considers these video hate speech.
#Speech #FreeSpeech #speech #LGBTQ #equality
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Caroline Mala Corbin
Online Site Vimeo Has Immunity In Banning Conversion Therapy Videos buff.ly/30CLxz8
Vimeo bans hate speech & considers these video hate speech.
#Speech #FreeSpeech #speech #LGBTQ #equality
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8th Circuit Hears Arguments In Religion Clause Challenge To Missouri Abortion Restrictions
The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments ( audio of full arguments ) in Doe v. Parson (Docket No. 19-1578). In t...
Caroline Mala Corbin
8th Cir Hears Args In Religion Clause Challenge To Missouri Abortion Restrictions buff.ly/3apSEz4
"a member of the Satanic Temple challenges requirement that health care providers a state-prepared booklet that states that life begins at conception"
#Religion #abortion
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Trump Unveils More Anti-LGBTQ 'License to Discriminate' Plans
New rules announced by the administration would give faith-based social service providers more leeway to discriminate in the name of “religious freedom.”
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Trump Unveils More Anti-LGBTQ 'License to Discriminate' Plans buff.ly/38fdU8R
"The right to believe and to exercise one’s faith is a core American value. The right to discriminate with taxpayer dollars is not."
#LGBTQ #discrimination #equality #religion
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A New Study Destroys the Central Argument Behind 'Abortion Reversal'
“Abortion reversal” laws are based on the myth that people who have abortions often regret their decision. New research shows this is overwhelmingly untrue.
Caroline Mala Corbin
A New Study Destroys the Central Argument Behind 'Abortion Reversal' - Rewire.News buff.ly/2R3msdv
"99% of women don’t regret their abortions five years after getting the procedure." Instead, most common emotion was relief.
#abortion #science #equality
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Challenge To Missouri Vaccination Exemption Form Is Dismissed
Reiterating his reasoning in a November preliminary injunction decision , a Missouri federal district judge in W.B. v. Crossroads Academy- C...
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Challenge To #Vaccination Exemption Form Is Dismissed buff.ly/38eKjg4
Govt's pro-vaccination is not hostile to religion: "Such advocacy (right or wrong) deals w public health issues. It is entirely secular in nature & motive, not 'hostile to religion.'"
#vaccine #science
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Virginia becomes 38th state to pass ERA for women, likely setting up issue for courts
What happens now that Virginia has become the 38th - and potentially pivotal - state to pass the Equal Rights Amendment?
Caroline Mala Corbin
Virginia becomes 38th state to pass ERA for women, likely setting up issue for courts buff.ly/386C5Xd
Excellent news!
#ERA #ERAnow
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Vimeo for removing gay conversion therapy videos
A “former homosexual” and California pastor who sued Vimeo for removing his conversion therapy sermons will need to take his content elsewhere, a judge ruled Wednesday. Pastor James Dom…
Caroline Mala Corbin
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Vimeo for removing gay conversion therapy videos buff.ly/30thTMG
Vimeo bans them as hate speech.
"The mainstream medical & mental health community has rejected conversion therapy as bunk."
#speech #hatespeech #science #LGBTQ
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Tennessee Lawmakers OK Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination in Adoption
The bill would allow faith-based agencies to receive public funds even if they discriminate and protect them from lawsuits.
Caroline Mala Corbin
Tennessee Lawmakers OK Anti-LGBTQ #Discrimination in Adoption buff.ly/2FU81ln
Law "allows faith-based adoption & foster care agencies [incl govt funded ones] to turn away same-sex couples & other prospective parents who offend the agencies’ religious beliefs."
#LGBTQ
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Caroline Mala Corbin
Tennessee Lawmakers OK Anti-LGBTQ #Discrimination in Adoption buff.ly/2FU81ln
Law "allows faith-based adoption & foster care agencies [incl govt funded ones] to turn away same-sex couples & other prospective parents who offend the agencies’ religious beliefs."
#LGBTQ
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5th Circuit: Firefighter Was Offered Reasonable Accommodation of His Anti-Vaccination Beliefs
In Horvath v. City of Leander, Texas , (5th Cir., Jan. 9, 2020), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a suit brou...
Caroline Mala Corbin
5th Circuit: Firefighter Was Offered Reasonable Accommodation of His Anti-Vaccination Beliefs buff.ly/2FNebDM
Accommodations for religious beliefs should not harm or jeopardize others.
#religion #exemptions #vaccines #science
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Justice Department Backs GOP Effort To Block Equal Rights Amendment
The war over women's equality is just getting going, and it’s going to be bruising with the Trump administration already signaling its stand against the ...
Caroline Mala Corbin
Justice Department Backs GOP Effort To Block Equal Rights Amendment buff.ly/2sQyEoG
Of course it does.
#ERA #ERANow #equality #WomensRights
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Teacher Can Pursue Title VII Claims In Dispute Over Transgender Student Policy
Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corp. , (SD IN, Jan. 8, 2020), involved a suit by a former high school music teacher who was forced to ...
Caroline Mala Corbin
Teacher Can Pursue Title VII Claims regarding Transgender Student Policy buff.ly/2R8MScm
This music teacher is apparently demanding a religious right to misgender a child. He was originally & rightly fired for refusing.
#LGBTQ #discrimination #equality #TitleVII
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State Senator's Threats Were Not Religious Speech
In Boquist v. Oregon State Senate President Peter Courtney , (D OR, Jan. 7, 2020), an Oregon federal district court rejected claims by Oreg...
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State Senator's Threats Were Not Religious Speech buff.ly/2R4HeYM
"Plaintiff’s chosen words on the Senate floor were those of a bully on the playground. As such, they are unprotected fighting words."
A fighting words case! You don't see those often.
#FreeSpeech #Speech
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Why Tax Supported Religious Schools Should Be Rejected in Espinoza Case
Join the Humanist Legal Society for a discussion of the upcoming Supreme Court case Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue.
Amicus Briefs In Supreme Court's Abortion Cases Now Available
Dozens of amicus briefs have now been filed in this Term's Supreme Court cases on abortion rights. Links to all of the briefs are available ...
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Amicus Briefs In Supreme Court's Abortion Cases Now Available buff.ly/2MXGnrz
Link is in there!
#abortion #reproductiverights #equality
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Republicans know that Americans don't support their anti-abortion extremism | Danielle Campoamor
Thirty-nine Republican senators signed a brief asking the supreme court to overturn Roe v Wade. But who didn’t sign is more telling
Caroline Mala Corbin
Republicans know that Americans don't support their anti-abortion extremism buff.ly/39NWBO2
"the public is not on board with the anti-abortion movement’s ultimate goal. And vulnerable lawmakers know it."
#abortion #ReproductiveRights #equality
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How Christians of color in Colonial Virginia became 'black'
(RNS) — Although the British settlers imported Africans from the first as slaves, the earliest Virginians had yet to establish many of the basic rules regarding slavery.
Supreme Court Grants Cert. In 2 Ministerial Exception Cases
The U.S, Supreme Court today granted review in two cases involving the scope of the "ministerial exception" doctrine. The Court consolidated...
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Supreme Court Grants Cert. In 2 Ministerial Exception Cases buff.ly/2PD1Rvz
#SCOTUS to decide who counts as a minister
I examined the exemption in: Above the Law? The Constitutionality of the Ministerial Exemption from Antidiscrimination Law buff.ly/36P0IXJ
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Above the Law? The Constitutionality of the Ministerial Exemption from Antidiscrimination Law by Caroline Mala Corbin :: SSRN
This Article critiques the constitutional underpinning of the ministerial exemption, which grants religious organizations immunity from anti-discrimination suit
Caroline Mala Corbin
Supreme Court Grants Cert. In 2 Ministerial Exception Cases buff.ly/2PD1Rvz
#SCOTUS to decide who counts as a minister
I examined the exemption in: Above the Law? The Constitutionality of the Ministerial Exemption from Antidiscrimination Law buff.ly/36P0IXJ
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