RandyWayne
01-11-2012, 08:50 AM
What genuinely surprises me is that it was a unanimous decision.
Supreme Court: Church School Cannot Be Sued Over Discrimination Complaint
The Supreme Court says a church school cannot be sued in court over an employee's discrimination complaint.
The high court's unanimous decision Wednesday overturned an earlier ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Courts normally have ruled the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of religion shields churches and their operations from the reach of anti-discrimination laws when dealing with employees of religious institutions.
But the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School of Redford, Mich., on Cheryl Perich's behalf after she was fired.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/11/supreme-court-church-school-cannot-be-sued-over-discrimination-complaint/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Interna l+-+Politics+-+Text%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo#ixzz1jAJUH6ah
Supreme Court: Church School Cannot Be Sued Over Discrimination Complaint
The Supreme Court says a church school cannot be sued in court over an employee's discrimination complaint.
The high court's unanimous decision Wednesday overturned an earlier ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Courts normally have ruled the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of religion shields churches and their operations from the reach of anti-discrimination laws when dealing with employees of religious institutions.
But the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School of Redford, Mich., on Cheryl Perich's behalf after she was fired.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/11/supreme-court-church-school-cannot-be-sued-over-discrimination-complaint/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Interna l+-+Politics+-+Text%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo#ixzz1jAJUH6ah