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The Supreme Court justices appeared unpersuaded that religious organizations must ‘proselytize’ to be deemed religious by government authorities.
Justices from both sides of the U.S. Supreme Court’s left-right divide seemed to side with a Catholic charitable organization’s bid for an exemption from state unemployment insurance tax during oral argument Monday.
The Wisconsin case centers on whether Catholic Charities Bureau Inc., a subsidiary of the Diocese of Superior, is entitled to avoid paying into the state’s unemployment insurance fund since a state statute offers an exemption for “an organization operated primarily for religious purposes.”
A state agency said Catholic Charities doesn’t qualify. The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed, issuing a decision in March 2024 that found that, even though Catholic Charities and related entities act from religious motivations, “their activities are secular in nature.”
Catholic Charities Bureau is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the state supreme court’s decision and require the state to exempt it.
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Justices from both sides of the U.S. Supreme Court’s left-right divide seemed to side with a Catholic charitable organization’s bid for an exemption from state unemployment insurance tax during oral argument Monday.
The Wisconsin case centers on whether Catholic Charities Bureau Inc., a subsidiary of the Diocese of Superior, is entitled to avoid paying into the state’s unemployment insurance fund since a state statute offers an exemption for “an organization operated primarily for religious purposes.”
A state agency said Catholic Charities doesn’t qualify. The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed, issuing a decision in March 2024 that found that, even though Catholic Charities and related entities act from religious motivations, “their activities are secular in nature.”
Catholic Charities Bureau is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the state supreme court’s decision and require the state to exempt it.
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SCOTUS Appears Sympathetic to Catholic Charities in Wisconsin Case
The Supreme Court justices appeared unpersuaded that religious organizations must ‘proselytize’ to be deemed religious by government authorities.
