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Supreme Court unanimously shoots down Obama admin: churches have right to choose ministers

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Image via Wikipedia WASHINGTON, January 12, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Christian advocates are celebrating following a Supreme Court ruling Wednesday unanimously supporting the right of a church to select its own ministers, known as the “ministerial exception,” denying the Obama administration ’s argument that no such protection actually existed. Under the First Amendment , the high court ruled, churches are entitled to protection for their employment practices that applies beyond the head of a religious congregation to others, such as teachers, who are viewed as also carrying the message of the church. The court thus dismissed a wrongful termination suit brought against a church by a former teacher, who complained of disability discrimination to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission . Conservative analysts note that Obama administration lawyers went farther than anti-religion interest groups weighing in on the case: Ed Whelan of National Review   said  the administrat

The Discriminatory ‘Non-Discrimination Act’

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Image via Wikipedia Today’s Democratic leadership is a predictable lot. They’ve cornered the market on mass manipulation through semantic tinkering. It’s a relatively easy code to crack. To decipher what Democrats mean versus what they say one need merely apply the “forked-tongue test.” If Dems say “ Fairness Doctrine ,” expect unfairness in spades. When Harry Reid tags Obamacare the “ Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ,” we know that the patient gets hosed, and the “care” breaks the bank. Indeed, if the 111th Congress were to pass the “No Kicking Fuzzy Puppies Act,” bet your Obama tax hike that Nancy Pelosi would be first in line to punt Poochie across the Capitol Rotunda. And so it goes with the characteristically mislabeled  “ Employment Non-Discrimination Act ” or ENDA (S. 1584 in the Senate and H.R. 3017 in the House) . According to its leftist proponents, ENDA – which is under consideration in both houses of Congress – would merely insulate people who choose to engage