Employees of religious schools, hospitals, etc. can't sue for discrimination
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Lilith — 5 years ago(July 08, 2020 03:23 PM)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-court-sides-with-catholic-schools-in-employment-suit/ar-BB16ul5N?ocid=spartanntp
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is siding with two Catholic schools in a ruling that underscores that certain employees of religious schools, hospitals and social service centers can't sue for employment discrimination.
It involved two schools in Southern California that were sued by former teachers. In one case, Kristen Biel sued St. James Catholic School in Torrance for disability discrimination after she disclosed she had breast cancer and her teaching contract wasn’t renewed.
In the other case, Agnes Morrissey-Berru sued Our Lady of Guadalupe school in Hermosa Beach for age discrimination after her teaching contract wasn’t renewed when she was in her 60s. The lawsuits were both initially dismissed, but an appeals court revived them. The Trump administration had backed the schools.
Biel died last year at age 54 after a five-year battle with breast cancer. Her husband has represented her side in her place.
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Lilith — 5 years ago(July 08, 2020 05:57 PM)
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that religious schools are exempt from most employment discrimination claims, doubling down on the autonomy religious employers enjoy to choose their leaders.
The 7-2 ruling came in two disputes between Catholic schools in California and the teachers they fired. Under a so-called ministerial exception, religious employers are given autonomy over their workers that is not available to other employers.
Associate Justice Samuel Alito wrote the court's majority opinion. Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented.
Sotomayor argued that the school's opinion regarding the teachers' religious role should not be the final word.
"That simplistic approach has no basis in law and strips thousands of school teachers of their legal protections," she said.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the high court's unanimous opinion in 2012 that allowed religious organizations to choose their leaders regardless of federal job discrimination laws. The latest question was whether the fired teachers performed enough religious duties to be considered "ministers" exempt from those laws.
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Soul_Venom — 5 years ago(July 08, 2020 09:19 PM)
I wonder how the libtards will feel once they finally figure out that the idea behind Separation of Church and State was only intended to keep the state out of church affairs and
NOT
the other way round.
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Cerridwen — 5 years ago(July 08, 2020 09:28 PM)
They wanted protection against governmental control of religion, as it had been an ongoing issue in Britain. In what way is implementing such religious mandates as "our employees must adhere to our conservative Christian beliefs" not controlling the way others practise their own religions? Perhaps the employees are NOT Christian. They should therefore not be made to carry out Christian mandates.
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Cerridwen — 5 years ago(July 08, 2020 09:37 PM)
It's not so easy as that in our current climate of immense financial insecurity. The world as we know it has collapsed. Many are lucky simply to be employed, and are well aware that job hopping is a dangerous endeavour.
Either religious imposition is permissible, in which case the foundations of our country were a lie, or there is present a staggering hypocrisy regarding the battle between fundamentalist Christians and female reproductive rights.
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Cerridwen — 5 years ago(July 08, 2020 09:59 PM)
Even if the number of affected women is small, this requires careful scrutiny. We have to be careful in determining the power a company ought to be granted.
Apologies for the short response, but I am on my way to a birthday gathering. I just wanted to thank you for the civil discussion, though it was only a few exchanges long.
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MovieManCin2 — 5 years ago(July 08, 2020 09:42 PM)
Well said, SV! But once again, most Leftards are
way too stupid
to understand that.
Some do understand it, but they don't give a damn about
Freedom of Religion
. That's because to them, religion is an
enemy
, because they want
the State
to be the religion!
PS Full disclosure: I'm an Agnostic.
MAGA! FAFO!
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