Moderated by Attorney & OLLI Instructor Doug Mishkin Wednesday, October 7 at 6pm Eastern Free & online via Zoom: registration required Within 12 days this past summer, the U.S. Supreme Court decided three cases involving the relationship between government and religion: May a state forbid tax-supported scholarships to religious private schools? ( Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue ) Must organizations with religious objections to contraceptive insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act give notice that they won’t provide that coverage if, as a result, the coverage would then be provided another way? ( Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania ) And are private religious schools exempt from anti-discrimination laws in employing teachers with religious responsibilities? ( Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru ) Walter Weber of the American Center for Law and Justice and Richard Katsee of Americans United for Separation of Church and State are two of the nation’s leading lawyers on issues of religion and the law. Their organizations filed opposing briefs in these three cases. Join us Wednesday, October 7th at 6pm Eastern on Zoom to hear them discuss and debate these cases in a free 90 minute […]
