UNITED STATES
AFP
WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the right of churches to discriminate in their employment decisions, calling it a matter of separation of church and state.
In the decision reached Wednesday, the court defended the so-called “pastoral exception” in the case of a Michigan teacher who was fired from a religious school after taking an extended sick leave.
She filed a complaint with the government based on laws prohibiting discrimination against Americans with disabilities, but the court ruled it had no jurisdiction over the employment decisions of religious institutions.
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