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U.S. Supreme Court,
Letters

Jan. 26, 2012

Justices got religious case exactly right

A reader writes in response to "The justices' decision that ministers cannot sue churches spell trouble."

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

I (and, apparently, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court) disagree with Erwin Chemerinsky's assessment that Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. E.E.O.C poses some sort of threat to employees of religious institutions. ("The justices' decision that ministers cannot sue churches could spell trouble," Jan. 10) He is examining the issue from an entirely inapposite perspective.

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