[nagdu] Exemption for Private Clubs and Religious Organizations

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Hey, Marion, I didn't know this about the ADA.  I never had a denial in any 
of these kinds of places.

Happy New Year!

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 4:45 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Exemption for Private Clubs and Religious Organizations


> Dear All,
>    The ADA specifically exempt private clubs and religious organizations 
> from the provisions of the Act. Here is what it says:
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> "The provisions of this title shall not apply to private clubs or 
> establishments exempted from coverage under title II of the Civil Rights 
> Act of 1964 (42
> U.S.C. 2000- a(e)) or to religious organizations or entities controlled by 
> religious organizations, including places of worship." (42 USC 12187)
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> Fraternally yours,
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> Marion Gwizdala
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Victim or Advocate?
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>>I think personally that churches are a sort of strange arrangement. They 
>>accept the public, but churches includes all religious places of worship 
>>in the law, I would assume. I do not know this for a fact. But, for 
>>instance, you can't take a service animal into a mosque. If you can exempt 
>>a place of worship such as that, then you would have to probably exempt 
>>places of worship. Marion may be more knowledgeable about this than I am 
>>though. I agree with you though.
>>
>> Cindy
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>> On Dec 28, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Sheila Leigland wrote:
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>>> Hi cindy unfortunately I wrote that post before checking it out 
>>> thorougly because I'm in agreement with you and marion about all of 
>>> this. The only thing I was speaking to was that a handler is responsible 
>>> for his or her dog's behavior which I thought that was what doug was 
>>> speaking about. I appoligize or the misunderstanding. I don't want 
>>> service dogs barred from anywhere the public is allowed. In some ways it 
>>> bothers me that churches are for example exempted from the law because 
>>> the public is allowed in them. To me it doesn't make sense.
>>>
>>> Sheila Leiglan d
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