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Christian and Church News => Christian community in the news => Topic started by: Zant Law on October 12, 2011, 11:39:00 am
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DOJ: Feds Can Tell Church Who Its Ministers Will Be
http://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2011/10/12/doj_feds_can_tell_church_who_its_ministers_will_be (http://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2011/10/12/doj_feds_can_tell_church_who_its_ministers_will_be)
In yet another stunning attack on freedom of religion, President Barack Obama's Justice Department asked the Supreme Court last week to give the federal government the power to tell a church who its ministers will be.
The case involves a former teacher at Lutheran school, who along with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is pushing a claim that a Lutheran congregation should be forced to restore her ministry position.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State and American Atheists, Inc. have filed briefs siding with the Obama administration against the church.