UNITED STATES
Christian Broadcasting Network
In a surprising unanimous decision from the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, all nine justices ruled the government has no right to tell a religious organization what ministerial employees it can hire and fire.
The case involved Cheryl Perich, a teacher fired by the Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School in Redford, Mich.
Perich sued the school after she was fired, claiming discrimination.
However, the justices all backed up what’s known as the “ministerial exemption,” which protects religious employers.
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