The Religion & American Law Discussion Group, under the auspices of the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom at Virginia Wesley College, is pleased to announce the program for its first meeting, which will be held concurrently with the American Academy of Religion annual meeting in San Diego, California (November 22-25, 2014).
! PANEL #1: RELIGION & AMERICAN LAW, APPLIED Panelists: Dusty Hoesly (University of California, Santa Barbara), Some Statutory Hoop: Nuptial Freedom and State Regulation of Wedding Officiants.
Michael Barber (University of California, Santa Barbara), Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the RFRA, and Womens Health: Unintended Consequences of Dept. of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith.
Michael Graziano (Florida State University) and Charles McCrary (Florida State University), Teaching American Religious History through Hobby Lobby.
! PANEL #2: THE MEANING & RAMIFICATIONS OF GREECE V. GALLOWAY Panelists: Alan Brownstein (University of California, Davis), Constitutional Myopia: The Supreme Courts Blindness to Religious Liberty & Religious Equality Values in Town of Greece v. Galloway.
Steven Smith (University of San Diego): Public Prayer and the No Endorsement Doctrine.
Steven Green (Willamette University), How Would Washington Pray? (HWWP): The Futile Search for Historical Authority in Religious Clause Cases.
Panels will run consecutively, 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 23 (Omni Hotel, Gaslamp Room #2). [See AAR/SBL program, M23-302.]
Any questions may be sent to Eric Michael Mazur (emazur@vwc.edu).