Douglas Laycock, counsel for the Hosanna-Tabor school (and professor of law at the University of Virginia), offers his thoughts on the decision at CNN:
Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision holding that ministers cannot sue their churches for employment discrimination was a huge win for religious liberty. It was unanimous, it was sweeping and it was unqualified.
This decision was about separation of church and state in its most fundamental sense. Churches do not run the government, select government leaders, or set criteria for choosing government leaders.
And government does not run the churches, select religious leaders, or set criteria for choosing religious leaders. The Court unanimously reaffirmed that principle on Wednesday.
It’s a notably humble piece, but Laycock has much to be proud of.
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