Religious Liberty, Volume 3
Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, Same-Sex Marriage Legislation, and the Culture Wars
Published on 18. December 2018
815 pages
978-1-4674-5135-2 (ISBN)
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One of the most respected and influential scholars of religious liberty in our time, Douglas Laycock has argued many crucial religious-liberty cases in the United States Supreme Court. His noteworthy scholarly and popular writings are being collected in five comprehensive volumes under the title Religious Liberty.This third volume presents a documentary history of efforts to enact and implement state and federal Religious Freedom Resto-ration Acts, to include religious-liberty protections in same-sex marriage legislation, and to protect the rights of both sides in the culture wars. It contains articles in scholarly journals, op-eds for popular audiences, and oral and written arguments.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface to Volume 3
- Introduction: Religious Liberty Legislation
- Part One: The Federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- A. Enacting the Federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- Letter to the House Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
- Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1990, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the House Committee on the Judiciary on H.R. 5377, 101st Cong. 72 (Sept. 27, 1990)
- An Open Letter to the Religious Community
- First Things 44 (March 1991)
- Summary and Synthesis: The Crisis in Religious Liberty
- 60 George Washington Law Review 841 (1992)
- A Declaration: For the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- First Things 42 (March 1992)
- How to Restore Religious Freedom: A Debate
- First Things 48 (April 1992)
- House Testimony on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1991: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the House Committee on the Judiciary on H.R. 2797, 102d Cong. 326 (May 14, 1992)
- Senate Testimony on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- The Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on S. 2969, 102nd Cong. 63 (Sept. 18, 1992)
- The Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- 1993 Brigham Young University Law Review 221
- Letter to Senator Edward M. Kennedy (June 15, 1993)
- Free Exercise and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- 62 Fordham Law Review 883 (1994)
- B. The Constitutionality of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- RFRA, Congress, and the Ratchet
- 56 Montana Law Review 145 (1995)
- City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
- Statement in Response to Petition for Writ of Certiorari
- Brief of Respondent Flores
- Oral Argument
- The Boerne Case: Redefining Religious Liberty
- 20 NCJW Journal No. 4, at 12 (Winter 1997-98)
- Conceptual Gulfs in City of Boerne v. Flores
- 39 William and Mary Law Review 743 (1998)
- Federalism as a Structural Threat to Liberty
- 22 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 67 (1998)
- C. Interpreting the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- Interpreting the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- 73 Texas Law Review 209 (1994)
- Amicus Brief in Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal
- 546 U.S. 418 (2006)
- Letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (Nov. 13, 2009)
- Letter to Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch (Feb. 23, 2016)
- D. The Contraception Litigation
- Free Exercise of Religion and Insuring Contraception
- EerdWord: The Eerdmans Blog, http://eerdword.com/2012/03/19/free-exercise-of-religion-and-insuring-contraception-by-douglas-laycock/ (March 19, 2012)
- Amicus Brief in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.,
- 134 S. Ct. 2751 (2014)
- Imaginary Contradictions: A Reply to Professor Oleske
- 67 Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc 89 (2014)
- The Religious Freedom Act Worked the Way It Should
- Room for Debate, http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/06/30/congress-religion-and-the-supreme-courts-hobby-lobby-decision/the-religious-freedom-act-worked-the-way-it-should (June 30, 2014)
- Amicus Brief in Zubik v. Burwell, 136 S. Ct. 1557 (2016)
- How the Little Sisters of the Poor Case Puts Religious Liberty at Risk
- Washington Post (March 21, 2016)
- Explained: Religion, the Birth-Control Controversy, and the Supreme Court
- Sightings, https://divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings/explained-religion-birth-control-controversy-and-supreme-court (April 7, 2016)
- Part Two: State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts
- A. Enacting State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts
- California
- Letter to the Assembly Committee on the Judiciary (October 8, 1997)
- Introductory Letter to Gov. Pete Wilson (Sept. 4, 1998)
- Prison Letter to Gov. Pete Wilson (Sept. 4, 1998)
- Land Use Letter to Gov. Pete Wilson (Sept. 10, 1998)
- Kirpan Letter to Gov. Pete Wilson (Sept. 21, 1998)
- Final Letter to Gov. Pete Wilson (Sept. 25, 1998)
- Maryland
- Letter to Delegate Samuel Rosenberg re Compelling Interests (Jan. 13, 1999)
- Texas
- Letter to Rep. Wayne Christian re Municipal Opposition (Jan. 22, 1999)
- Memorandum to Don Willett re Civil Rights Exclusion (Feb. 2, 1999)
- Testimony to the House Committee on State Affairs (March 15, 1999)
- State RFRAs and Land Use Regulation
- 32 University of California Davis Law Review 755 (1999)
- Louisiana
- Letter to Professor Michelle Ghetti (March 9, 2010)
- Statement to Senate Judiciary A Committee (May 3, 2010)
- Maryland
- Letter to Delegate Samuel Rosenberg re RFRAs in Blue States (May 14, 2012)
- North Dakota
- Letter to Jim W. Smith, Director of Legislative Council (May 31, 2012)
- Texas Religious Freedom Amendment
- Letter to House State Affairs Committee (April 2, 2013)
- Second Letter to House State Affairs Committee (April 15, 2013)
- Mississippi
- Letter to Philip Gunn, Speaker of the House (Feb. 11, 2014)
- Ohio
- Letter to William G. Batchelder, Speaker of the House (Feb. 11, 2014)
- Arizona
- Letter to Gov. Janice K. Brewer (Feb. 25, 2014)
- Michigan
- Letter to House Judiciary Committee (Dec. 3, 2014)
- Indiana
- Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee re Enactment (Feb. 3, 2015)
- UVA Law Prof Who Supports Gay Marriage Explains Why He Supports Indiana's Religious Freedom Law
- The Weekly Standard, http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.weeklystandard.com/authors/mccormack.png (March 29, 2015)
- Why Law Professor Douglas Laycock Supports Same-Sex Marriage and Indiana's Religious Freedom Law
- Religion and Politics, http://religionandpolitics.org/2015/04/01/why-law-professor-douglas-laycock-supports-same-sex-marriage-and-indianas-religious-freedom-law/ (April 1, 2015)
- Why a Pro-Same-Sex-Marriage Law Professor Supports Indiana's Religious Freedom Law
- Vox, http://www.vox.com/2015/3/31/8319415/indiana-religious-freedom-discrimination (March 31, 2015)
- Letter to Senate re Attempted Repeal (Jan. 30, 2016)
- Georgia
- Letter to David Ralston, Speaker of the House (Feb. 19, 2015)
- Other Recent State Laws and Proposals
- B. Enforcing State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts
- Warner v. City of Boca Raton, 267 F.3d 1223 (11th Cir. 2001)
- Brief of Appellants
- Reply Brief of Appellants
- Warner v. City of Boca Raton, 887 So.2d 1023 (Fla. 2004)
- Initial Brief of Plaintiffs and Moving Parties
- Statement on Motions Concerning Amicus Briefs on Issues Not Certified to the Florida Supreme Court
- Reply Brief of Plaintiffs and Moving Parties
- Notices of Supplemental Authority
- Petition for Rehearing
- Barr v. City of Sinton, 295 S.W.3d 287 (Tex. 2009)
- Brief of Douglas Laycock as Amicus Curiae
- Verified Response to Respondent's Motion to Disregard and Return Amicus Brief of Douglas Laycock
- Part Three: Religious Liberty and Same-Sex Marriage
- A. State Marriage Legislation
- Connecticut
- Letter to Legislative Leadership (April 17, 2009)
- New Hampshire
- Letter to Governor and Legislative Leadership (April 30, 2009)
- Letter to Governor John Lynch (May 22, 2009)
- Maine
- First Letter to Governor and Legislative Leadership (May 1, 2009)
- Letter to Good as You (Sept. 17, 2009)
- Second Letter to Governor and Legislative Leadership (Oct. 5, 2009)
- New Jersey
- Letter to Democratic Legislators (Dec. 5, 2009)
- Letter to Republican Legislators (Dec. 5, 2009)
- Iowa
- Letter to Democratic Legislators (March 3, 2010)
- Letter to Republican Legislators (March 5, 2010)
- New York
- Letters to Governor, Mayor, and Legislature (May 8, 2009, and May 23, 2011)
- Washington
- Letter to Democratic Legislators (Jan. 28, 2012)
- Maryland
- Letter to Democratic Legislators (Feb. 3, 2012)
- Illinois
- Letter to Democratic Legislators (March 11, 2013)
- Rhode Island
- Letter to Republican Legislators (March 12, 2013)
- Delaware
- Letter to Senate Democrats (May 2, 2013)
- Hawaii
- Letters to Democratic and Republican Legislators (March 13 and Oct. 23, 2013)
- B. Marriage Litigation and the Policy Debate
- Afterword
- in Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty (Douglas Laycock, Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., and Robin Fretwell Wilson, eds., Rowman & Littlefield 2008)
- Letter to the Editor
- Virginia Law Weekly (February 5, 2010)
- Amicus Brief in United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry
- 570 U.S. 744 (2013) and 570 U.S. 693 (2013)
- For Gay Rights, Embrace the Religious Exemption
- Room for Debate, http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/03/24/if-gays-can-marry-and-be-fired-for-doing-so/for-gay-rights-embrace-the-religious-exemption (March 24, 2014)
- Gay Rights and Religious Freedom: Can We Find Common Ground?
- Moment (July/August 2014)
- Neither Side Got What It Wanted: What Obama's Non-Discrimination Executive Order Means Going Forward
- First Things Web Exclusives, http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2014/07/neither-side-got-what-it-wanted (July 31, 2014)
- Amicus Brief in Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2584 (2015)
- Dicta: After Obergefell
- Virginia Law Weekly 1 (Oct. 21, 2015)
- Protecting Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty
- in Religion and Equality: Law in Conflict 167 (W. Cole Durham Jr. & Donlu Thayer, eds., Routledge 2016)
- Defense Authorization Bill Needs to Protect Religious Liberty
- The Hill, http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/labor/306539-defense-authorization-bill-needs-to-protect-religious-liberty (Nov. 17, 2016)
- Amicus Brief in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 138 S. Ct. 1719 (2018)
- Masterpiece Cakeshop and Reading Smith Carefully: A Reply to Jim Oleske
- Take Care, https://takecareblog.com/blog/masterpiece-cakeshop-and-reading-smith-carefully-a-reply-to-jim-oleske (Oct. 30, 2017)
- Masterpiece Cakeshop and Protecting Both Sides
- Berkley Forum, https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/responses/masterpiece-cakeshop-and-protecting-both-sides (December 4, 2017)
- How to Slice the Masterpiece Cakeshop Case: The Narrow Ruling That Will Preserve Religious Liberty without Overreaching
- New York Daily News, http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/slice-masterpiece-cakeshop-case-article-1.3679535 (Dec. 5, 2017)
- We're Lawyers Who Support Same-Sex Marriage. We Also Support the Masterpiece Cakeshop Baker. Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty Can Co-Exist.
- Vox, https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/12/6/16741602/masterpiece-cakeshop-same-sex-wedding (Dec. 6, 2017)
- The Wedding-Vendor Cases
- 41 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 49 (2018)
- Masterpiece Cakeshop-Not as Narrow as May First Appear
- ScotusBlog, http://www.scotusblog.com/2018/06/symposium-masterpiece-cakeshop-not-as-narrow-as-may-first-appear/ (June 5, 2018)
- Masterpiece Cakeshop and Protecting Both Sides
- Take Care, https://takecareblog.com/blog/masterpiece-cakeshop-and-protecting-both-sides (June 15, 2018)
