What a Card—Texas Edition

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about those “Barefoot Rights” Cards available over at barefooters.org. I discussed Michigan and Arizona, and how the law really doesn’t say what those cards say it is.

Today I want to look at the Texas card.

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What a Card!

Over at barefooters.org, they have a webpage with what they call “Barefoot Rights Cards”, here. There is one for every state and they generally state that those who go barefoot for religious or disability reasons are protected by the law.

But are they accurate?

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ComFest 2017

I’ve written about Columbus’ ComFest before. As I said then, it’s a bit hippie, a bit progressive, a bit community volunteerism, a bit local music, and an artist shindig well-worth going to. Given that nature, you won’t be surprised to hear that you’ll also see quite a few people going barefoot there, even though they are what I tend to call blanket barefooters.

And this year there was added drama with a lawsuit.

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Adventures at the Smithsonian

I thought I’d write up something I dealt with way back in 1999. My family and I made a visit to the Smithsonian. I thought I was well-prepared—I knew they didn’t have a rule against bare feet.

Have you ever been surrounded by seven angry security guards?

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I’m Bitching and Moening

Today I want to continue with yesterday’s post by looking at another ADA case. This one, while quite disappointing, doesn’t really rise to the level of the judge cheating.

It is also a case that gets closer to something that a barefooter would care about.

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How Judges Cheat — Part 5

I’ve been looking a bit lately at the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and how it might apply to some barefooters. In the process, I’ve come across even more examples of how judges cheat, so I might as well add it to my “How Judges Cheat” series.

It also adds a different perspective to my thoughts on how the ADA might apply to barefooters.

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How Officials Cheat — Part 2

Yesterday, in Part 1, I looked at the National Park Regulations, as compiled in their Superintendent’s Compendiums, for Wind Cave National Park, along with Mammoth Cave and Carlsbad Caverns. They all require shoes inside their caves, but with no good reason.

Carlsbad Caverns also requires shoes in their buildings, so I decided to see if I could find other National Parks that require shoes.

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How Officials Cheat — Part 1

I’ve written before about how Judges and Administrators Cheat. Let’s do a bit on how officials cheat.

Here’s a hint on how they back up their decisions: they pull it out of their butts. And like anything pulled out of a butt, it never smells very good.

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Fear and Loathing

I wrote last week about Free-Range Kids with The Creek Boys. Free-Range Kids highlights just how much things have changed in the last 50 years regarding unjustified fears . . . of everything.

And that everything includes the pervasive fear of going barefoot.

I thought I’d relate some recent free-range incidents and how their occurrences might relate to barefooting.

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Non-RFRA RFRAs

I keep dwelling on Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRAs) because I think that they could be an effective tool for barefooters to make barefooting more acceptable. If we can go into places where there are even rules against it, and nothing bad happens, then maybe we might change some minds.

But there are also states without RFRAs in which such religious claims can be made.

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Not for the Best (Buy)

Folks may recall that I filed a complaint under the Americans with Disabilities Act against Best Buy after they called the police on me.

I finally got my official reply from the Department of Justice.

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Bearing False Witness

I’ve written before about Religious Freedom Restoration Acts. Dut to all the furor regarding Indiana’s new law, and the way Georgian politicians suddenly backed down from theirs, I thought I’d talk about them again, and also clarify just what the furor is about.

In general, as I’ve written before, RFRAs can have a useful function.

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RFRA Revisited

I’ve written before about the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act and how it might apply to barefooters. Recently, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled on such a case and I think that ruling solidifies just how much religious barefooters are protected.

I’d like to go through the case point by point and relate those points to how a barefooted is protected.

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Business Owners and Barefoot Insurance

A while back I wrote about Business Owners and “Trust”, looking at a lot of negligence lawsuits and discussing a user comment regarding the cost and time of a possible lawsuit from a barefoot injury (while completely ignoring possible lawsuits from all sorts of other footwear injuries).

A small-business owner and friend has pointed out to me that it is the insurance companies who spend the time and money. Here’s what he told me.

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Unauthorized Rest Area Rules

I spent some time last week driving through Illinois and Indiana. One thing I noticed was the difference between their “rules” in their rest areas. Illinois: nanny state. Indiana: live and let live.

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