Justices Recognize \u2018Ministerial Exception\u2019 to Job Discrimination Laws<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Supreme Court found a \u201cministerial exception\u201d to employment discrimination laws, saying religious groups must be free to choose leaders without government interference.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Okay, I'll confess to being conflicted on this. On the one hand, I support the proposition that internal religious disputes should not be subject to judicial review. Is Pastor X teaching the "right" religious stuff? That's not what judges should be deciding. 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Picarello Jr., general counsel and associate general secretary of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, disagreed. \u201cIt\u2019s true that the church doesn\u2019t have a First Amendment right to have a government contract,\u201d he said, \u201cbut it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":130577,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/03\/religious-freedom-requires-defining-religion.html","url_meta":{"origin":25306,"position":3},"title":"Religious freedom requires defining religion","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 3-May-16 7:23am","format":false,"excerpt":"Interesting article here (if not one I fully agree with) on municipalities looking more closely at facilities owned by organizations and trying to determine which ones are legitimate religious efforts, to be exempted from taxation, vs. which ones are simple commercial efforts, to be be treated (and taxed) like any\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31424,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/19\/hobby-lobby-is-not-a-church.html","url_meta":{"origin":25306,"position":4},"title":"Hobby Lobby is not a church","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 19-Nov-12 9:13pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite the worshipful home crafty types that visit there. \u00a0Per the ruling:\u201cHowever, Hobby Lobby and Mardel [its partner company] are not religious organizations.\u00a0Plaintiffs have not cited, and the court has not found, any case concluding that secular, for-profit corporations such as Hobby Lobby and Mardel have a constitutional right to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25019,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/01\/discrimination-of-conscience.html","url_meta":{"origin":25306,"position":5},"title":"Discrimination of conscience","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 1-Jan-12 2:01pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Churches that become dependent on government money are forced to compromise their beliefs. 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