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Are Religious Health Care Organizations Protected by the “Ministerial Exception” Under the Supreme Court’s Recent Decision in Our Lady Of Guadalupe?

[07/27/20]

Posted on July 27, 2020 in Health Law News, HR Insights for Health Care, Litigation Analysis

Published by: Hall Render

The U.S. Supreme Court recently expanded its unanimous 2012 ruling in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church,[1] where it first applied to a parochial school teacher the “ministerial exception” to federal anti-discrimination employment laws. The exception is an outgrowth of the First Amendment’s Free Exercise and Free Establishment clauses, which protect the right of religious institutions... READ MORE

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