Anti-discrimination Laws

U.S. Bishops Argue Employers Should Be Allowed To Consider Being Gay A Fireable Offense

June 3, 2010 By Daniel Fincke Leave a Comment

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote a letter addressed to the United States Congress people opposing ENDA, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act For the sake of clarity, permit us first to state two basic tenets of Catholic Church teaching on this issue. First, persons with a homosexual inclination “must be accepted with respect, compassion, [...]

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Should Religions Be Exempt From Laws Otherwise Applicable To Others?

May 25, 2010 By Daniel Fincke 1 Comment

ProfMTH explores the issue with a wealth of information, siding against such exemptions: The second video is chock full of legal information. The most interesting bit in here is where he discusses Antonin Scalia’s strong case against religious exemptions and Sonia Sotomayor’s general support for them. 1. Regarding Christian Legal Society v. Martinez– –the decision [...]

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