The "Ministerial Exception" To Anti-Discrimination Laws : The US Supreme Court Decision in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School vs. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

For this entry, we look into a recent American decision in the case of Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School vs. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission decided last January 12, 2012. This landmark US Supreme Court case recognizes and applies for the first time the so-called “ministerial exception” under the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the 1^st Amendment of the US Constitution.