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04361aam a2200421 i 4500 001 123E03FC177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210917010313 008 210427s2021 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021019802 020 $a 1536195782 020 $a 9781536195781 035 $a (OCoLC)1249798704 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KF4783 $b .W348 2021 100 1 $a Walsh, Anthony, $d 1941- $e author. 245 10 $a Religious liberty and public accommodation laws: : $b constitutional rights versus statutory obligations / $c Anthony Walsh. 264 1 $a New York : $b Nova Science Publishers, Inc., $c [2021] 300 $a ix, 264 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 0 $a Laws and legislation 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-251) and index. 505 0 $a The United States Constitution : originalism v. living document -- The establishment clause : ally or adversary of religious liberty? -- Religious liberty : the free exercise clause -- Religious freedom as Freedom of Speech -- Religious liberty and the legalization of same-sex marriage -- Religious liberty in the age of LGBTQ rights -- Freedom, equality, discrimination, and involuntary servitude -- Two iconic religious liberty v. anti-discrimination cases -- Photographs, cakes, and pizzas -- Federal government animus toward religion -- Some important victories for religious liberty -- Big government freedom -- Concluding remarks on the battle for religious liberty. 520 $a "The foundational principle of this book is the sacred rights enumerated in the United States Constitution, specifically, in the First and Thirteenth Amendments. With the politicization of the LGBTQ movement, concern for these rights have again come to the forefront of American jurisprudence. The rights enumerated in these amendments have frequently been violated by the various states when, in the name of public accommodation laws, they have attempted to force Christian business owners and religious entities to facilitate events, provide services, express opinions, change attitudes, or to enter into associations that violate their religious consciences. The book explores what it means to have free exercise of religion, free speech, and to be free of involuntary servitude in the context of the contending rights claimed by LGBTQ individuals. LGBTQ rights are neither denied nor disparaged, but the author argues that the constitutional rights of religious dissenters should not be denied or disparaged either. He also argues that when constitutional rights clash with statutory obligations, the former always triumphs. This has always been black letter law, and remains so in all cases except those in which LGBTQ rights clash with those of Christians. The book is not just a legal monograph. It engages political, philosophical, and sociological issues such as freedom v. equality, socialism v. republicanism, the liberal-progressive agenda in higher education, and the many benefits Christianity has bestowed on Western civilization. The underlying theme, however, remains, and that theme is that if we lose the freedom of religious conscience which the founding fathers made the "first freedom", we will lose all freedom"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Freedom of religion $z United States. 650 0 $a Discrimination in public accommodations $x Law and legislation $z United States. 650 0 $a Religious minorities $x Legal status, laws, etc. $z United States. 650 0 $a Sexual minorities $x Legal status, laws, etc. $z United States. 650 7 $a Discrimination in public accommodations $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00895126 650 7 $a Freedom of religion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00934030 650 7 $a Religious minorities $x Legal status, laws, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01094195 650 7 $a Sexual minorities $x Legal status, laws, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01983693 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 776 08 $i Online version: $a Walsh, Anthony, 1941- $t Religious liberty and public accommodation laws: $d New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2021] $z 9781536196573 $w (DLC) 2021019803 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020013456.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=123E03FC177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search