Are religious colleges covered by yesterday's SCOTUS ruling?
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University of Virginia law professor Douglas Laycock tells the New York Times that yesterday's momentous Supreme Court ruling in the Hosanna-Tabor Church v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission case -- which granted religious schools an exception to employment discrimination laws -- doesn't just apply to K-12:
Asked about professors at Catholic universities like Notre Dame, Professor Laycock said: “If he teaches theology, he’s covered. If he teaches English or physics or some clearly secular subjects, he is clearly not covered.”
Here's the Chronicle of Higher Education's report.
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