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Talk:Board Policy on Animals (view source)
Revision as of 15:13, 28 April 2015
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Keeping this as part of PS:One's policies is beneficial. First, I don't think anyone knows about this. I didn't before researching this issue. A well-meaning person could ask questions of a disabled person that are illegal and could result in litigation. We don't want that. Making this a PS:One policy helps educate our own membership about federal law. Second, if someone does ask these questions and the organization does gets sued, we can assert as a defence that the organization itself took efforts to prevent this from happening, and that the person asking the questions did so while violating our policy. --[[User:Rdpierce|Rdpierce]] ([[User talk:Rdpierce|talk]]) 08:00, 28 April 2015 (CDT)
Keeping this as part of PS:One's policies is beneficial. First, I don't think anyone knows about this. I didn't before researching this issue. A well-meaning person could ask questions of a disabled person that are illegal and could result in litigation. We don't want that. Making this a PS:One policy helps educate our own membership about federal law. Second, if someone does ask these questions and the organization does gets sued, we can assert as a defence that the organization itself took efforts to prevent this from happening, and that the person asking the questions did so while violating our policy. --[[User:Rdpierce|Rdpierce]] ([[User talk:Rdpierce|talk]]) 08:00, 28 April 2015 (CDT)
:We are not lawyers, and the board of directors are not lawyers. We should not be trying to interpret the law and make policies that interpret the law. If you are concerned about the liability of the space in regards to asking questions about service animals, this is what lawyers are for. The fact of the matter is that we don't actually know if this language serves any purpose. The questions to ask (to a lawyer) would be "Who does this law cover, as far as inquiring is concerned?" and "Would having a policy about what our members are allowed to ask actually do anything to limit our liability in the case that someone actually does make an illegal inquiry?" Another good question to ask would be "Who gets in trouble if someone asks these questions?" Undoubtedly any lawyer worth his scruff would try to sue as many parties as possible, which would include PS:1, whether we have a policy or not. The suit may get thrown out, but someone will have to at least step foot in a courtroom. [[User:Justin|Justin]] ([[User talk:Justin|talk]]) 10:13, 28 April 2015 (CDT)