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Update: Ministerial Exception and Minority Religions

January 11, 2012 By Jason Pitzl-Waters

Today the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling in Hosanna-Tabor Church v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which centered on the question of whether an employee of a religious organization could be fired without recourse to anti-discrimination laws if they were ordained within said faith. The case heard by the Supreme Court involved a teacher at a Lutheran school who was fired due to a sleep disorder. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, backed by the Justice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Religion Tagged With: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, First Amendment, law, litigation, ministerial exception, O Centro Beneficente Uniao Do Vegetal, Santeria, SCOTUS, Separation of Church and State, Templo Yoruba Omo Orisha, Unitarian-Universalism, UUA, Yoruba

Ministerial Exception and Minority Religions

October 4, 2011 By Jason Pitzl-Waters

Cardinal Donald Wuerl and Chief Justice John Roberts

On Wednesday the Supreme Court of the United States will hear a case that could have serious ramifications on what's known as "ministerial exception" at institutions run by religious organizations. Hosanna-Tabor Church v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission centers on a teacher at a Lutheran school who was fired due to a sleep disorder. The church is claiming that the teacher's position falls under ministerial exception, and is therefore exempt from any discrimination proceedings, while … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Paganism, Religion Tagged With: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, First Amendment, law, litigation, ministerial exception, O Centro Beneficente Uniao Do Vegetal, Santeria, SCOTUS, Separation of Church and State, Templo Yoruba Omo Orisha, Unitarian-Universalism, UUA, Yoruba

Update: Ministerial Exception and Minority Religions

Ministerial Exception and Minority Religions

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