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Is helping people with disabilities a religious act? The core question in a Supreme Court case (www.usatoday.com)

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It can be, I suppose. It can also be a secular act. This is without knowing what effect the classification will have on the law, what is that effect?

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

It's a terribly worded title. The issue is that the church wants to be able to create separate corporations to limit their liability (lawsuit protection/etc.) while still getting to treat that entity like it primarily exists as a religious institution. The reason why is so they don't have to follow typical obligations like unemployment benefits (which churches can apparently not pay into ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ).

The church can already do that, if they house everything under one corporation/entity, but that opens them up to more risk (think lawsuits).

So the question is, should religious institutions be able to skirt regular labor laws for non-religious entities?

There are two primary issues from my perspective.

This makes it easier for religious institutions like churches to hide money from lawsuits (good example is all the child molestation cases).
It makes it easier for "religious institutions" to take advantage of their congregation for cheaper/less protected labor.

However, I personally don't think religious organizations should get preferential treatment at all.