Does human rights law discriminate?
Several years ago, we surveyed our students. Ninety-three of them said all forms of discrimination were illegal and bad. This is, sadly, one of the great misunderstandings of our time. To discriminate is to simply choose between more than one alternative. By far, most of our choices...

'Faith-based' job bias upheld in New York.
A federal judge in New York has ruled that the Salvation Army can discriminate in hiring in federally funded social service programs it runs. On Oct. 4, U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein dismissed a portion of a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)...

Baptist Doctor Loses Anti-Gay Lawsuit In Kentucky.
Local ordinances that prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in a Kentucky county cannot be struck down because they offend someone's religious beliefs, a federal court has ruled. J. Barrett Hyman, a gynecologist represented by TV preacher Pat Robertson's American Center for Law and Justice, filed...

Coordinated Actions to Focus on Reports of Religious, Ethnic, and Gender Discrimination by JPMorgan Chase Contractors Against Somali Workers.
Workers, Community Leaders Will Appeal to $1.3-Trillion Financial Services Giant to Create Opportunities, Not Obstacles, for Communities of Color More at www.ChaseMonitor.org Press Advisory for Thursday, December 7, 2006 WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- JPMorgan Chase will be the focus of nationwide demonstrations...

Profanity, altercations risk liability.
Byline: ON THE JOB By Dan Grinfas For The Register-Guard Question: What constitutes a hostile work environment? When I accepted my current job at a family business, I was told things could get `colorful' at times. Colorful means daily screaming matches laced with gross obscenities and confrontations...

Statement from Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Terry McAuliffe On the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
WASHINGTON, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Terry McAuliffe released the following statement today on the introduction of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. (Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000107/DCF015 ) "The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) was introduced in Congress today with the support of...

Fired Pro-Life Nurses Can Sue Based on Religious Discrimination.
Two nurses who allege they were fired for refusing to perform abortions can sue their former employer for religious discrimination, a New York state appeals court ruled July 30. The nurses' case was originally dismissed by a state Supreme Court judge in July 1997 because the New...

Bills grant many rights, protections.
Byline: The Register-Guard Here's how the legal rights under Oregon's domestic partnership law and expanded anti-discrimination law will work when they take effect Jan. 1: Domestic partnerships:Two unmarried, unrelated individuals of the same sex 18 or older, at least one of whom is an Oregon...

The scandal III: Harassment Hypocrites.
Sexual-harassment law has new-found friends. THE hypocrisy of the feminists who suddenly rethought sexual harassment when their ally in the White House found himself in the dock has been discussed ad nauseam. But there is plenty of hypocrisy to go around. Until comparatively recently, conservative commentators nearly...

Religion and Irish studies.
IN JUNE-JULY 2007, the Smithsonian Institution hosted a celebration of the culture of Northern Ireland. This event was one of many mounted in the nation's capital to mark the formation of the Northern Ireland Assembly and encourage the conciliation of the communities. Of the 160 performers, musicians, and folk...