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Religious exemption

CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit ruled that a Catholic school guidance counselor qualifies as a minister and therefore cannot bring a civil rights suit against the school for firing her when it found out she was in a same-sex relationship.

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Categories / Briefs, Civil Rights, Employment, Religion

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