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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Court: Judges cannot get involved in church dispute

The Supreme Court held unanimously that a "ministerial exception" does exist under the freedom of religion guarantee of the First Amendment that protects churches from being sued by religious employees under anti-discrimination laws. While groundbreaking in its limitation to employment discrimination, the ruling itself is narrow and expressly does not specify the distinction between a secular employee, who can take advantage of the government's protection from discrimination, and a religious employee, who can't.