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Sotomayor’s Dissent Sheds Light On Religious Universities Amid Affirmative Action Debate
Sotomayor’s Dissent Sheds Light On Religious Universities Amid Affirmative Action Debate

(ANALYSIS) Sotomayor’s dissent poses an interesting inquiry, regardless of one’s personal opinion of where the court should have landed on affirmative action: Does the Constitution uphold the spiritual and religious freedom of faith-based higher education institutions to engage in holistic, race-conscious admissions practices as an expression of their sincerely held institutional religious beliefs?

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Analysis, Catholicism, Christianity, Conflict, Constitution, Judaism, Justice, North America, Primary Feature, Religion, Religious FreedomChelsea Langston BombinoChelsea Langston Bombino, Supreme Court, Affirmative Action, Equal Protection Clause, UNC, Harvard, Justice Sotomayor, SCOTUS, Religious Freedom, Religious Colleges, Georgetown University, Yeshiva University, Mount St. Mary's, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, CCCU, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, Paul StarrComment
Unfinished 2019 business in America's ongoing First Amendment wars over religious liberty
Unfinished 2019 business in America's ongoing First Amendment wars over religious liberty

(COMMENTARY) There’s a federal lawsuit against the University of Iowa for removing a Christian business group’s on-campus recognition on grounds of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

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North America, Politics, Religion, OpinionRichard OstlingMary Eberstadt, RNS, Andrew Seidel, Jonathan Merritt, U.S. Commission On Civil Rights, Marc Stern, Russell Moore, Martin Marty, Charles Haynes, Sayyid Syeed, Leith Anderson, Masterpiece Cakeshop, First Amendment, Bill Of Rights, Religious Liberty, Business Leaders In Christ, Baylor, Georgetown University, Religious Freedom Institute, Richard Ostling, Christianity, Discrimination
Future of all those Roman (and American) churches? No need for anxiety, says pope
Future of all those Roman (and American) churches? No need for anxiety, says pope

(COMMENTARY) Lots of Rome’s 900-plus churches will be empty in the next generation or so.

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Europe, North America, Religion, OpinionTerry MattinglyRoman Catholic, Catholic Church, Phil Lawler, Pope Francis, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Italy, Demographics, Europe, Pope Benedict XVI, Birth Rates, Georgetown University, Roman, American Catholic, American church, Terry Mattingly, Catholic, Catholicism, Christianity
When it comes to recruiting Catholic priests, doctrine often shapes demographics
When it comes to recruiting Catholic priests, doctrine often shapes demographics

(COMMENTARY) It's an often quoted fact: The number of men ordained each year is about a third of what's needed to replace priests who are retiring, dying or simply leaving. Two decades ago it was common to see between 800 and 900 ordinations a year.

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Religion, Opinion, Europe, North AmericaTerry MattinglyTerry Mattingly, Humanae Vitae, Fertility, Demographics, Priest Shortage, Cara, Georgetown University, Anne Hendershott, Catholic Families, Home Schooling, commentary, Catholicism, Catholic Priests, Catholic, demographics, Opinion, Ordination