Religion & Law

The headline is not *quite* right, but the story is worth reading.  (I say it is "not quite right" because it is not clear to me that a commitment to gay rights requires eliminating religious-hiring rights for religious organizations.)  Here's the conclusion:

Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University who supports same-sex marriage, said the Bob Jones ruling "puts us on a slippery slope that inevitably takes us to the point where we punish religious groups because of their religious views."

Both sides predict more litigation as gay rights bump up against strong religious beliefs.

Marc Stern, general counsel for American Jewish Congress, said: "When you have a change that is as dramatic as has happened in the last 10 to 15 years with regards to attitudes toward homosexuality, it's inevitable it's going to reverberate in dozens of places in the law that you're never going to be able to foresee."

More here (HT:  First Things) on this "mega-cultural issue."