Reason

Title IX's Exemption for Religious Institutions as to Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity Is Constitutionally Permissible

The court concludes that the government may institute such an exemption, though doesn't decide whether it must do so. So holds today's Ninth Circuit opinion in Hunter v. U.S. Dep't of Ed., decided by ...
National Review

EEOC Says Title VII’s Religious-Organization Exemption Doesn’t Apply to Sex Discrimination Claims

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency tasked with preventing and remedying employment discrimination, recently filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit, arguing that ...
Crux

Wisconsin Catholic Charities says dispute over religious exemption is ‘simple’

NEW YORK – In a dispute over whether or not a religious exemption is warranted, a Wisconsin Catholic Charities Branch has argued to the U.S. Supreme Court that the case is “simple” given the defendant ...
New Republic

The Supreme Court Looks Likely to Give Religious Groups Another Win

The ruling in the case involving a group of Catholic charities seeking tax exemptions in Wisconsin could have national ramifications. The Supreme Court appears likely to side with a group of Catholic ...
HR Dive

Health system will pay $50K to settle religious bias charge over denied flu shot exemption

Trinity Health Grand Rapids, a hospital and health system based in Michigan, will pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it failed to properly consider an employee’s request for an exemption from ...
National Catholic Reporter

Maryland court rules religious exemption bars discrimination claim against CRS

The Maryland Supreme Court ruled Aug. 14 that the religious exemption in the state's Fair Employment Practices Act "bars claims (of) religious, sexual orientation, and gender identity discrimination ...