http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/kevin-theriot-court-affirms-churches-right-to-select-pastor-without-govt-interference/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/kevin-theriot-court-affirms-churches-right-to-select-pastor-without-govt-interference/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:11:43 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87564 Kevin Theriot writing at Speak Up Movement / Church: "This [9th Circuit's] en banc opinion [in Rosas v. The Corporation of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle, No. 09-3500], which has more precedential value than opinions from 3 judge panels, first confirmed the vitality of the ministerial exception to prohibitions on employment discrimination. It explained that '[t]he Free Exercise Clause rational for protecting a church’s personnel decisions concerning its ministers is the necessity of allowing the church to choose its representatives using whatever criteria it deems relevant. Indeed, the ministerial relationship lies so close to the heart of the church that it would offend the Free Exercise Clause simply to articulate a religious justification for its personnel decisions.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/20/kevin-theriot-court-affirms-churches-right-to-select-pastor-without-govt-interference/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/17/9th-circuit-defines-ministerial-exception-for-employment-cases/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/17/9th-circuit-defines-ministerial-exception-for-employment-cases/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:50:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55701 Religion Clause Blog: "In Alcazar v. Corporation of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle, (9th Cir., March 16, 2010), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed under the 'ministerial exception' doctrine claims by two Catholic seminarians who alleged violations of Washington state's Minimum Wage Law . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/17/9th-circuit-defines-ministerial-exception-for-employment-cases/feed/ 0