The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear another case regarding the freedom of religious organizations to employ people who share their sincerely held beliefs. The most recent case, Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, Agne s, comes from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which reversed the ruling of the Federal District Court. In the past, the Federal District Court sided with Our Lady of Guadalupe School in light of the precedent set by the Supreme Court’s Hosanna-Tabor decision back in 2012. With the Hosanna-Tabor decision, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that religious organizations possess a ministerial exception regarding human resource practices. Becket Law explains “ministerial exception” as granting “church schools like Our Lady of Guadalupe have the First Amendment right to choose who teaches the faith to the next generation, free from any government interference.” In the case of Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru , Ms. Morrissey-Berru, a teacher at Our Lady of Guadalupe, sued the school when her contract was not renewed. As Becket Law reported , “Our Lady of Guadalupe School is committed to providing a faith-based education rooted in the Catholic tradition.” Ms. Morrissey-Berru, who was expected to […]
