As with the Obergefell decision, this ruling also affords the church an opportunity to reimagine its public witness.
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Supreme Court says federal law protects L.G.B.T. workers from discrimination
The decision was for two consolidated cases about fired gay employees and a separate case concerning a fired transgender worker who had sued for employment discrimination after being fired.
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Supreme Court tackles clash of Catholic schools, ex-teachers
A case about the appropriate separation between church and state is taking center stage at the Supreme Court, which is hearing arguments by telephone for a second week because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Divided court reexamines insurance coverage of contraceptives
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court apparently seem divided over a case involving The Little Sisters of the Poor which concerns a Trump administration ruling allowing religious employer exemptions for contraceptive coverage in health plans.
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Pro-lifers hopeful for outcome of Supreme Court’s first abortion case in four years
On March 4, the court hears oral arguments in June Medical Services v. Russo, a challenge to a Louisiana law, passed in 2014, that requires abortion providers to have “active admitting privileges” at a hospital within 30 miles of the abortion facility.
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The Editors: Congress has a duty to protect immigrants
Congress cannot continue to sit idly by while the executive branch continues to demolish our already broken immigration system. This body has been negligent for far too long in its duty to pass a fair and humane immigration reform.
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How James G. Blaine became the face of anti-Catholicism in education
And what the editors of America magazine had to say about Blaine amendments
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Catholic leaders condemn Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Trump’s ‘wealth test’ on immigrants
Catholic Charities USA condemned the decision, calling it “harsh and unnecessary.”
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Supreme Court to reexamine contraceptive mandate for religious employers
In 2013, religious groups and houses of worship were granted a religious exemption by the Supreme Court from the government’s mandate in the Affordable Care Act to include coverage of contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs in their employee health plan.
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Supreme Court leaves temporary stop on federal executions in place
U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced in July that the government was reinstating the federal death penalty