The Supreme Court, which has a conservative majority, has sided with a slew of religious groups in legal disputes with states.
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court took up a case that could change the scope of tax exemptions for religious groups.The court agreed to hear the case after the Catholic Charities Bureau, which is based in Superior, Wisconsin, appealed a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that denied it a religious exemption from paying unemployment taxes.Wisconsin law says employers who operate 'primarily for religious purposes' are exempt from the state's unemployment tax system.
That absurd result deepens a split between state courts that require religious entities to conform to stereotypes to qualify for the 'religious purposes' exemption and those that do not.'In addition to Catholic Charities, the case involves four 'sub-entities' that primarily help the disabled.'Wisconsin's rule is both absurd and harmful,' Catholic Charities said in its appeal.
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