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A little more SCOTUS hullabaloo

Meanwhile, as we might expect, the Justice Department has filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Obama Administration asking the court to throw out the ministerial exception altogether, in effect to give the government authority to decide, say, whether a church can have male-only clergy. Fortunately, even Justice Sotomayor seems to see this as unconstitutional.

Here's an WSJ opinion piece on the matter.
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