"Poll: Most Americans Think Government Should Stay Out Of Religious Organizations’ Hiring Decisions." -Just as this is increasingly becoming a Catholi

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So the question asked here was the extent to which respondents agreed with the statement: “a religious organization should be able to make decisions about who it hires to teach its faith to the next generation, free from government control.”

Agreeing with this statement without qualification would mean you agree with religious organisations being able to employ known child molesters without intervention by authorities.

The question is also limited to those who ‘teach its faith’ meaning the opinion expressed does not apply to, say, English teachers, administrators, cleaners or other non-teachers. It would also not apply to any member of a contemplative religious order.

So a bad question and a result with no useful meaning.
 
FiveLinden said:
Agreeing with this statement without qualification would mean you agree with religious organisations being able to employ known child molesters without intervention by authorities.
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Ploease this is common sense.
FiveLinden said:
So the question asked here was the extent to which respondents agreed with the statement: “a religious organization should be able to make decisions about who it hires to teach its faith to the next generation, free from government control.”
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I think they call it separation of Church and State, unless it is a one way relationship which is quite the double standard.
 
Yes but since when do our enlightened elites listen to the people they claim to champion?
 
The good news is, this is a click bait/outrage bait title as the government has had that exemption in place for a long time:

Pre-Employment Inquiries and Religious Affiliation or Beliefs | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Religious corporations, associations, educational institutions, or societies are exempt from the federal laws that EEOC enforces when it comes to the employment of individuals based on their particular religion. In other words, an employer whose purpose and character is primarily religious is permitted to lean towards hiring persons of the same religion. This exception relieves religious organizations only from the ban on employment discrimination based on religion.
 
Possibly. But it might have been difficult to meet the criminal standard of proof. Or the offences may have taken place overseas. I am surprised to see such misunderstandings on a Catholic forum.

My point was - it’s a really bad question. Survey ‘results’ arising from really bad questions have no value.
 
FiveLinden said:
The question is also limited to those who ‘teach its faith’ meaning the opinion expressed does not apply to, say, English teachers, administrators, cleaners or other non-teachers. It would also not apply to any member of a contemplative religious order.
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Right.

It’s a big leap from letting a religious organization “make decisions about who it hires to teach its faith” and the government completely staying out of all its hiring decisions.

A religious organization can still discriminate based on religion (as the other poster noted) and the “ministerial exception” (described in the other thread on the recent decision) allow it absolute discretion to choose its religious leaders.

If religious organizations had 100% power to discriminate against LGBT, they could use their “religious freedom” just as an excuse to discriminate even when the job has nothing to do with worship, prayer, teaching, or anything else related to the religion. Some religious employer could fire the lunch lady for no reason other than that the employer hates LGBT.
 
The government should mind it’s own business and stay out of everyone’s right to choose how they run their business whether it’s religious or otherwise.
 
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