Religion

The Trump administration has started rolling back the birth control mandate

Leave a Comment / health care, healthcare / By max cyril

Federal officials, under orders by President Donald Trump, have drafted a rule to roll back the Obama-era mandate that birth control be included under all employer insurance plans. The final shape of roll back is still uncertain: The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) website says that it is reviewing the “interim final rule” to …

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Abercrombie Lost A Supreme Court Case. Could They Win A Retail War?

Last fall, Samantha Elauf, a young Muslim who was denied employment at Abercrombie and Fitch because her headscarf violated the company’s dress code, took her case all the way to the Supreme Court. On Monday, SCOTUS ruled against Abercrombie, 8-1, declaring that A&F’s refusal to accommodate a hijab-wearing applicant was a violation of civil rights …

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Losing My Religion

Leave a Comment / religious discrimination / By max cyril

Considering how many talking points in the 2012 election have had to do with religion (Romney’s Mormonism, the morality of the Ryan budget, and Christian views on abortion and gay marriage) it’s easy to forget that in some countries, religion and party-politics are considered a private matter, not to be discussed in polite society. The …

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Catholic Hospitals Can’t Discriminate Based On Sex In Hiring, Shouldn’t Discriminate Based On Sex In Coverage

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

Democrats took to the House floor last night to defend President Obama’s regulation requiring employers and insurers to provide a wide range of health care benefits in their insurance plans, including contraception coverage. Houses of worship and non-profits primarily employing and serving those of the same faith are exempt from the requirement. Rep. Jerry Nadler …

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Supreme Court of the United States to Hear “Ministerial Exception” Case

Leave a Comment / discrimination, Equal Opportunity, Uncategorized / By max cyril

March 28, 2011, the US Supreme Court granted certiorari in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC to decide whether the “ministerial exception” applies to teacher at a religious elementary school. [Details, briefs] The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued the employer, asserting a retaliation claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The …

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The Trump administration has started rolling back the birth control mandate

Abercrombie Lost A Supreme Court Case. Could They Win A Retail War?

Losing My Religion

Catholic Hospitals Can’t Discriminate Based On Sex In Hiring, Shouldn’t Discriminate Based On Sex In Coverage

Supreme Court of the United States to Hear “Ministerial Exception” Case

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