The Supreme Court Returns to a Complicated Question: Which Religious Workers Count as Ministers?

Deseret News‘ Kelsey Dallas reports the the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in its final religion case of the term. “The case, Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, involves a legal concept called the ministerial exception, which bars the government from weighing in on employment disputes between a religious organization and its ministerial employees,” Dallas writes. “The justices will clarify who counts as a minister under the law and decide whether two Catholic school teachers should be allowed to move forward with age and health-related discrimination claims.”

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