...The decision, (click title to entry - thank you) with the main opinion written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., was clearly one of the most important church-state rulings that the Court had issued since its 1990 ruling, in a case involving a Native American church ritual of smoking peyote. In that case, the Court allowed the government to apply “neutral and general” laws to some religious practices, but the Chief Justice on Wednesday said that did not control the new ruling — in the case of Hosanna-Tabor Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (docket 10-553)....
The Catholic Church is playing politics again. It is just that simple. They may have unwittingly backed into it because of Murdoch's megalomania media empire Wall Street Journal's interpretation of the Hosanna-Tabor decision, but the Vatican has lawyers. So, I don't think the Catholic Church is that innocent. They are applying the recent decision by the Supreme Court as if every employee of their institutions are MINISTERS. They aren't and they are attempting to apply more pressure to the USA to come under their dominion so they can continue to extend their power over the entire of the USA faithful. I am sure it is inspired by god.
...Scarcely two weeks ago, (click here) in its Hosanna-Tabor decision upholding the right of churches to make ministerial hiring decisions, the Supreme Court unanimously and enthusiastically reaffirmed these longstanding and foundational principals of religious freedom. The court made clear they they include the right of the religious institutions to control their internal affairs....
Archbishop Dolan is correct in that the decision gave the Catholic Church dominion over their teachers when those teachers are 'speaking the word.' However, that does not give Catholic Church INSTITUTIONS power over their employees when they are not 'speaking the word.'
The teacher that sued the Catholic Church was out on medical leave for a substantial amount of time, when she returned she had to requalify by exposing reasons why she should be allowed to continue to teach. She refused and stood on her employee record. She was excused from her future employee so she sued.
When she was employed by the Catholic Church she was a layman teacher. She did teach a faith based class which was 6% of her teaching responsibilities. That was her downfall. I can't imagine throwing a qualified teacher returning to her classes after a medical leave out because of a six percent teaching load, but, that is what occurred.
The teacher that sued the Catholic Church was out on medical leave for a substantial amount of time, when she returned she had to requalify by exposing reasons why she should be allowed to continue to teach. She refused and stood on her employee record. She was excused from her future employee so she sued.
When she was employed by the Catholic Church she was a layman teacher. She did teach a faith based class which was 6% of her teaching responsibilities. That was her downfall. I can't imagine throwing a qualified teacher returning to her classes after a medical leave out because of a six percent teaching load, but, that is what occurred.
Ms. Perich spent most of her time teaching nonreligious subjects (click here) with about a sixth of her time on religion classes, so the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit concluded that she was not a ministerial worker and that she could sue. In overturning that decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the question could not be “resolved by a stopwatch” and that Ms. Perich’s limited teaching about religion helped qualify her as a minister.
The court’s conception of the ministerial role is more encompassing than it has been defined by state and federal appellate courts. Its sweeping deference to churches does not serve them or society wisely.
The Ministerial Exception is what this is about. The Catholic Church is overreaching and they do this. They like creating wedge issues to give them more power over people. And the GOP simply plays to it for political gains. It is like Bradley throwing a Hail Mary at the end of the Superbowl. If you catch it you win the game. The GOP catches the 'political implications and simply runs with it.
Introduction: Supreme Court Case on Ministerial Exception to EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAW. (click here)
Discimination laws are important and I am sure the Catholic Church is comforted by the decision of the Supreme Court, however, that decision does not have implications to all their employees. I find it hard to believe the maintenance crew in any of their hospitals is ministering to others. Those employees have a right to health care coverage as their own religious preferences deem appropriate.
Republicans love these issues as it serves as a complete distraction to their incompetency. They pander to social issues that serve as wedge issues because they can be elected without being competent. The 2010 elections proved that.
Women are soft targets and somehow having babies is suppose to enslave them forever. It isn't enough to love children they give birth to, they have to have a lot of children and give their lives up to their uterus as well as any hope for having their children receive substantial education. The Catholic Church needs to address the impoverished status of the majority of their global populous and then demand women voluntarily be chattel to unreasonable church leadership.
It is understandable why the GOP distains education. Waste of money, especially for the distaff side of the family. Completely.
Introduction: Supreme Court Case on Ministerial Exception to EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAW. (click here)
Discimination laws are important and I am sure the Catholic Church is comforted by the decision of the Supreme Court, however, that decision does not have implications to all their employees. I find it hard to believe the maintenance crew in any of their hospitals is ministering to others. Those employees have a right to health care coverage as their own religious preferences deem appropriate.
Republicans love these issues as it serves as a complete distraction to their incompetency. They pander to social issues that serve as wedge issues because they can be elected without being competent. The 2010 elections proved that.
Women are soft targets and somehow having babies is suppose to enslave them forever. It isn't enough to love children they give birth to, they have to have a lot of children and give their lives up to their uterus as well as any hope for having their children receive substantial education. The Catholic Church needs to address the impoverished status of the majority of their global populous and then demand women voluntarily be chattel to unreasonable church leadership.
It is understandable why the GOP distains education. Waste of money, especially for the distaff side of the family. Completely.
