A newly filed EEOC charge alleges that The Holy Family Catholic Community in Inverness, Ill fired its 17-year music director when the director announced on Facebook that he had just
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ALERT! Supreme Court Rules For Hobby Lobby!
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“More than 100 people — activists, court enthusiasts and reporters — gathered outside the Supreme Court building early Monday, awaiting the last day of the court’s term, when the justices…
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The Affordable Care Act, Same Sex Couples, And The “Ministerial Exception”
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With our post yesterday on what we feel will be the growth of cases involving religion and the “ministerial exception,” we received an insightful question from Joanne Albertsen, a…
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Employment Laws And The “Ministerial Exception” — A Growing Issue
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Just last week we reported on a new case in Massachusetts involving alleged state law sex and sexual orientation discrimination by a religious institution based upon a refusal to hire…
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Refusing To Hire Male Applicant Who Listed A “Husband” On Application: Balancing Religious Rights And Anti-Discrimination Laws
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The Boston Globe and Boston.com have reported what may be a legal first – a case just filed with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) against a religiously affiliated college…
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Jury Finds For Gay Employee Fired By Church For Being Pregnant By Artificial Insemination
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati fired a non-Catholic computer teacher in a parochial school allegedly for violating an employment contract requiring her “to conform with Catholic doctrine, which considers…
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Appeals Court Upholds Ministerial Exception for Church Music Director
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In the landmark Hosanna-Tabor case decided earlier this year, the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment bars the government from interfering with the decision of a religious group to fire …
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The “Ministerial Exception” and a Post- Hosanna-Tabor Decision
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On January 11, 2012, we reported about a significant First Amendment religious freedom decision involving the “ministerial exception” which was decided that day by the Supreme Court, Hosanna-Tabor Church v.
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Gimme That Ol’ Time Religion!
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The quietly slumbering area of religious discrimination has been thrust into the news lately. In our blog entry for September 21, 2011, we noted the general principle that Title VII, 42 U.S.C. …