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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 938583" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>If nobody gives....then the Supreme Court will make a decision.....and just like their 9-0 vote before on something similar to this, they will declare O's mandate unconstitutional also 9-0.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Previous decision......</p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Supreme Court Sides with Church 9-0 in Landmark First Amendment Ruling<br /> <br /> <br /> </td><td> <br /> </td><td> <br /> </td><td> <br /> </td></tr></table><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #333333">The unanimous decision adopted the Becket Fund’s arguments, saying that religious groups should be free from government interference when they choose their leaders. The church, Hosanna-Tabor, was represented by The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and Professor Douglas Laycock, University of Virginia Law School. For years, churches have relied on a “ministerial exception” which protects them from employment discrimination lawsuits by their ministers.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #333333">“The message of today’s opinion is clear: The government can’t tell a church who should be teaching its religious message,” said Luke Goodrich, Deputy National Litigation Director at The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. “This is a huge victory for religious freedom and a rebuke to the government, which was trying to regulate how churches select their ministers.”</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #333333">The Court rejected the government’s extremely narrow understanding of the constitutional protection for religious liberty, stating: “We cannot accept the remarkable view that the Religion Clauses have nothing to say about a religious organization’s freedom to select its own ministers.”</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #333333">“This is a huge win for religious liberty,” said Professor Doug Laycock. “The Court has unanimously confirmed the right of churches to select their own ministers and religious leaders.”</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #333333">“It is amazing when a church from Redford, Michigan stands up for its rights and ends up going all the way to the Supreme Court,” said Reverend Paul Undlin of Hosanna Tabor. “Praise God for giving the Justices the wisdom to uphold the religious freedom enshrined in our Constitution!”</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #333333">The Court found that the ministerial exception is rooted in both Religion Clauses—the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion. Justice Alito joined by Justice Kagan also filed a concurring opinion.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 938583, member: 1246"] If nobody gives....then the Supreme Court will make a decision.....and just like their 9-0 vote before on something similar to this, they will declare O's mandate unconstitutional also 9-0. Previous decision...... [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Supreme Court Sides with Church 9-0 in Landmark First Amendment Ruling [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="width: 26"] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#333333]The unanimous decision adopted the Becket Fund’s arguments, saying that religious groups should be free from government interference when they choose their leaders. The church, Hosanna-Tabor, was represented by The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and Professor Douglas Laycock, University of Virginia Law School. For years, churches have relied on a “ministerial exception” which protects them from employment discrimination lawsuits by their ministers.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#333333]“The message of today’s opinion is clear: The government can’t tell a church who should be teaching its religious message,” said Luke Goodrich, Deputy National Litigation Director at The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. “This is a huge victory for religious freedom and a rebuke to the government, which was trying to regulate how churches select their ministers.”[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#333333]The Court rejected the government’s extremely narrow understanding of the constitutional protection for religious liberty, stating: “We cannot accept the remarkable view that the Religion Clauses have nothing to say about a religious organization’s freedom to select its own ministers.”[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#333333]“This is a huge win for religious liberty,” said Professor Doug Laycock. “The Court has unanimously confirmed the right of churches to select their own ministers and religious leaders.”[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#333333]“It is amazing when a church from Redford, Michigan stands up for its rights and ends up going all the way to the Supreme Court,” said Reverend Paul Undlin of Hosanna Tabor. “Praise God for giving the Justices the wisdom to uphold the religious freedom enshrined in our Constitution!”[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#333333]The Court found that the ministerial exception is rooted in both Religion Clauses—the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion. Justice Alito joined by Justice Kagan also filed a concurring opinion.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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