[nagdu] Guide dog users, get ready for it...

Applebutter Hill applebutterhill at gmail.com
Fri Mar 27 18:27:07 UTC 2015


It is my understanding that the ADA allows church services to exclude
service dogs, but any other activity such as church suppers and nursery
schools/day care must comply.
Donna & Hunter
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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tara Briggs via
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Hi all, thanks for the article! It was very interesting. It is my
understanding that churches already have the right to refuse access to a
service dog. I live in Utah and it has happened to me. It is my
understanding that the Americans with disabilities act does not cover
churches. I would love to hear any thoughts on the situation.

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> On Mar 27, 2015, at 5:19 AM, Buddy Brannan via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
>
> At least if you live in Indiana. While this doesn't address us in
specific, be ready for denial of service on religious grounds. Yes, it's
probable that a challenge to our rights wouldn't stand up (federal law
probably wins), but that doesn't mean it *couldn't* happen.
>
> ...And then they came for me.
>
> http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/indiana-gov-mike-pence-sig
> ns-gay-discrimination-bill
>
> Indiana Just Made It Easier to Discriminate Against Gay People-And
> Just About Anyone Else
>
>
> Over loud objections from Indiana business leaders, GOP Gov. Mike Pence
signed a bill into law Thursday that protects business owners who refuse
service to gay and lesbian customers on religious grounds. Organizers of
mass events in Indianapolis, including the NCAA's Final Four, immediately
decried the law as discriminatory, and suggested that the bill might cause
the state to lose out on future business.
>
> The law allows Indianans who are sued for discrimination to cite their
religious beliefs as a defense. It applies to a broad range of situations.
An employer who refused to hire Jewish employees could cite his religious
beliefs as a defense against discrimination lawsuits. So could a landlord
who refused to rent to Muslims, or a business that refused to serve
atheists.
>
> At a news conference that followed the private signing, Pence explaining
he signed the bill "because I support the freedom of religion for every
Hoosier of every faith.Today, many people of faith feel their religious
liberty is under attack by government action." He cited the University of
Notre Dame's fight to prevent its employees from accessing birth control as
an example.
>
> Pence may have signed the bill as a way to better position himself for a
run in the 2016 GOP presidential primaries. Last year, facing opposition
from Democrats and state business leaders, and intense media scrutiny, Pence
and conservative Republicans abandoned a bill that would have banned
same-sex marriage in Indiana. But the bill Pence signed Thursday drew much
less organized opposition and press.
>
> Pence disputed the idea that this latest bill allowed discrimination. "If
I thought it legalized discrimination in any way in Indiana, I would have
vetoed it," he said.
>
> Lawmakers have introduced billspermitting businesses to discriminate
against LGBT individuals in almost two dozen states this year. They are part
of a wave of anti-LGBT bills that has crested as the Supreme Court prepares
to rule on whether same-sex marriage should be legal throughout the county.
The decision will likely come down in June.
>
> After Pence signed the bill, Jason Collins, the first openly gay NBA
player before he retired last year, sounded off on Twitter:
>
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> Email: buddy at brannan.name
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