Sentences with phrase «discrimination by a religious organization»

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«The government must stay out of hiring and firing decisions by a religious organization, even if a minister sues for employment discrimination, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.

«Although the memo does not overturn the Obama executive order prohibiting sexual - orientation discrimination by government contractors, it signals a hospitable attitude toward accommodating religious - liberty objections by religious organizations in the context of contracts or grants,» he said.

Title VII prohibits many kinds of discrimination by employers, however religious organizations have an exemption to the religion part of Title VII.

«[R] ights under Part I to equal treatment with respect to services and facilities, with or without accommodation, are not infringed where membership or participation in a religious, philanthropic, educational, fraternal or social institution or organization that is primarily engaged in serving the interests of persons identified by a prohibited ground of discrimination is restricted to persons who are similarly identified.»

I was, too; the morning dragged on as we listened to a series of white male lawyers argue on behalf of religious organizations that the law societies have no Charter - based duty to address discrimination by TWU, suggesting that accreditation is not endorsement.