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January 11, 2012

NYT: Religious groups greet ruling with satisfaction

by John H. Cushman Jr.
The New York Times

Among the more or less predictable reactions from legal adversaries to the Supreme Court’s finding that ministers may not bring employment discrimination suits against their churches, there is a pious sentiment to be found here and there — an appeal to an even higher law.

Even those who agreed with the unanimous court — and who have argued all along that the First Amendment provides an exception that lets churches, synagogues and other religious institutions hire and fire ministers and other religious leaders without government interference — can be heard cautioning the churches not to abuse that right.

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