Announcement List for the Virginia Atheists & Agnostics

[Alexa Monfort <>]

Greetings VAA! Tonight we will be hosting a VAA Alum Frank Bellamy. He will be speaking about religious legal exemptions.  Here is a blurb about his talk:

Mr. Smith or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Scalia

Should gay couples be able to purchase wedding cakes from any bakery of their choosing, or should religious bakers be able to refuse potential customers whose choice of spouse they have religious objections to? Should religious organizations be able to refuse their employees health insurance that covers contraception, or should their employees receive the same health insurance benefits as employees of all other businesses are entitled to under the Affordable Care Act? These are just the most recent conflicts in a long history of clashes between minorities religious beliefs and the laws that everyone must follow. Should religious beliefs ever excuse anyone from following the law? If so, when, who decides, and how? Frank Bellamy, a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and former officer of VAA, will present an overview of the possible legal answers and moral arguments, and will then lead a group discussion.

Tonight, 7:00PM, Cocke Hall 115

Also for the couple of you who still need to pay me for Beach Week, bring me the cash $$$$$$ tonight.

See you there,

Alexa