Can you find a gratuitous shot at religious people . . .
In this thread? Speaking of Google, maybe you should Google the ministerial exception. I wouldn't recommend the wiki. It is ridiculously light on context. A Catholic school can fire someone for getting knocked up or converting to Judiasm or having an abortion too. And it doesn't have to hire women priests. Sometimes some rights yield to others and there isn't always a remedy for each and every thing that offends a person's sensibilities.
The flip side of your argument that the First Amendment must always yield to anti-discrimination laws would produce some results that you might not like too. Does Westboro Baptist have a right to march in a gay rights parade? Do the Black Panthers have to allow white people at their meetings? Does a black restauranteur have to cater a white power dinner? Do LGBT organization have to print t-shirts for an anti-gay rally? Can a Muslim be forced to shave his beard in prison? (And before someone asks, I'm not making value judgments here. These are based on real life examples and cases).
This is why we have balancing tests when rights come into conflict. There's nothing new here.
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In this thread? Speaking of Google, maybe you should Google the ministerial exception. I wouldn't recommend the wiki. It is ridiculously light on context. A Catholic school can fire someone for getting knocked up or converting to Judiasm or having an abortion too. And it doesn't have to hire women priests. Sometimes some rights yield to others and there isn't always a remedy for each and every thing that offends a person's sensibilities.
The flip side of your argument that the First Amendment must always yield to anti-discrimination laws would produce some results that you might not like too. Does Westboro Baptist have a right to march in a gay rights parade? Do the Black Panthers have to allow white people at their meetings? Does a black restauranteur have to cater a white power dinner? Do LGBT organization have to print t-shirts for an anti-gay rally? Can a Muslim be forced to shave his beard in prison? (And before someone asks, I'm not making value judgments here. These are based on real life examples and cases).
This is why we have balancing tests when rights come into conflict. There's nothing new here.
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