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FaithNews Analysis
What does the Supreme Court ruling mean for L.G.B.T. employees at Catholic institutions?
Michael J. O’Loughlin
It is up to individual Catholics to make the case to church leaders.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The ministerial exception is good law—but no excuse for indiscriminate firing by Catholics
Matt Malone, S.J.
The editors of America have weighed in on these cases in previous editorials, which offer some helpful perspective.
(CNS photo/Will Dunham, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Supreme Court sides with Catholic schools in employment suit
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Two U.S. bishops said they welcomed the Court's ruling, noting that the decision "rightly acknowledged" the limit on state authority.
James Martin, S.J., an editor-at-large at America, introduces “Outreach 2020: Catholic Leaders Speak with the LGBTQ Community.” (screenshot from YouTube)
FaithNews
L.G.B.T. Catholic conference, postponed by Covid-19, releases video to support Pride Month
Maeve Orlowski-Scherer
Outreach 2020, to be held at Fordham University, has been postponed until next year, but in the meantime organizers have produced a message of welcome for L.G.B.T. Catholics.
(iStock/Grzegorz Zdziarski)
FaithShort Take
We can (and should) do better by our Catholic L.G.B.T. school teachers
Luke Janicki
I am a gay teacher in a Catholic high school. And I see hope in the Archdiocese of Seattle.
Activists and supporters block the street outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Oct. 8, 2019, as it hears arguments in three major employment discrimination cases on whether federal civil rights law prohibiting workplace discrimination on the "basis of sex" covers gay and transgender employees. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyExplainer
Are L.G.B.T. employees at Catholic institutions protected by the new SCOTUS ruling?
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The short answer is: it is unlikely.
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