Forman, David M.
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Item Reoccurring Cultural Insensitivity: Confronting the Abdication of Core Judicial Functions(University of Hawaiʻi Law Review, 2021) Forman, DavidItem Chapter 23. A Biotechnology "Regulatory Commons" Problem(Cambridge University Press, 2022) Forman, DavidItem Reconciliation at a Crossroads: The Implications of the Apology Resolution and "Rice v. Cayetano" for Federal and State Programs Benefiting Native Hawaiians. Summary Report of the August 1998 and September 2000 Community Forums in Honolulu, Hawai'i(Hawaii Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil rights., 2001) Forman, DavidItem Ho'ohana Aku, a Ho'ola Aku: A Legal Primer for Traditional and Customary Rights in Hawaii(Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law, 2012) Forman, DavidItem Dismantling Civil Rights: Multiracial Resistance and Reconstruction(Cumberland Law Review, 2001) Forman, DavidItem Filling in a Jurisdictional Void: The New U.S. Territorial Sea(1992) Forman, David M.; Jarman, M. Casey; Van Dyke, Jon M.Item A Room For "Adam And Steve" at Mrs. Murphy's Bed and Breakfast: Avoiding the Sin of Inhospitality in Places of Public Accommodation(2012) Forman, David M.This article aims to encourage a vital and evolutionary step forward in understanding how multifaceted legal processes shape, and should shape, thinking about gay and lesbian couples within religious communities and the body politic. The article begins by providing context that illustrates the place-based and diffuse nature of an ongoing culture war between civil rights and religious freedom, further exposing the painful irony inherent in using misinterpretations of the Sodom and Gomorrah parable to reinforce inhospitality. The article describes a state-by-state patchwork of nondiscrimination laws governing places of public accommodation and explores the Jim Crow origins of the "Mrs. Murphy" exception that has been incorporated into a handful of state nondiscrimination laws. The article then examines how existing legal frameworks address claims of sexual orientation discrimination alongside defenses based upon religious freedom. Finally, this article seeks to accelerate an emerging trend toward including sexual orientation as a protected category in our nation’s nondiscrimination laws, by highlighting an opportunity to counter religious misinterpretations currently reflected in the prevailing cultural narrative.