I would love to start class on Thursday with 10 minutes of your thoughts on this issue:
Let's take a case of a religious student requesting an exemption from some requirement of the public schools.
Take the case of the Catholic student requesting an excused absence from the school's mandatory "safe sex" assembly.
Is the accommodation required by the Free Exercise Clause? Maybe? It depends?
Is it permitted by the EC even if not required by the FEC?
Is it forbidden by the EC, because it amounts to a preference for religious citizens? Suppose I work as a police officer in a small town and I ask to be exempted from Sunday shifts?
What should the answers to these questions be? Please give it a little thought.
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