http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/2009/06/30/federal-courts-rule-washington-school-cannot-have-christians-only-club/ Ramblings by a former physics teacher teaching EFL in Jishou, China Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/2009/06/30/federal-courts-rule-washington-school-cannot-have-christians-only-club/#comment-49802 John Wheaton Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:52:00 +0000 http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/?p=958#comment-49802 Agreed. This Court seems to be unpredictable in their rulings lately. Agreed. This Court seems to be unpredictable in their rulings lately.

]]> http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/2009/06/30/federal-courts-rule-washington-school-cannot-have-christians-only-club/#comment-49801 Sweth Chandramouli Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:20:00 +0000 http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/?p=958#comment-49801 If lack of choice were a valid issue, then clubs restricting membership based on race would be allowable, too.And the Supremes' ruling yesterday in Ricci implies that they as currently constituted don't have a lot of patience for reverse discrimination, however well-intentioned. (Although the Supremes as currently constituted also don't have a lot of patience for consistency between their rulings, so that's no guarantee of anything.) If lack of choice were a valid issue, then clubs restricting membership based on race would be allowable, too.And the Supremes' ruling yesterday in Ricci implies that they as currently constituted don't have a lot of patience for reverse discrimination, however well-intentioned. (Although the Supremes as currently constituted also don't have a lot of patience for consistency between their rulings, so that's no guarantee of anything.)

]]> http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/2009/06/30/federal-courts-rule-washington-school-cannot-have-christians-only-club/#comment-50046 Sweth Chandramouli Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/?p=958#comment-50046 If lack of choice were a valid issue, then clubs restricting membership based on race would be allowable, too.And the Supremes' ruling yesterday in Ricci implies that they as currently constituted don't have a lot of patience for reverse discrimination,​ however well-intentione​d. (Although the Supremes as currently constituted also don't have a lot of patience for consistency between their rulings, so that's no guarantee of anything.) If lack of choice were a valid issue, then clubs restricting membership based on race would be allowable, too.And the Supremes' ruling yesterday in Ricci implies that they as currently constituted don't have a lot of patience for reverse discrimination,​ however well-intentione​d. (Although the Supremes as currently constituted also don't have a lot of patience for consistency between their rulings, so that's no guarantee of anything.)

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