Washington – It gives up the latest in a series of Religious rights Cases, supreme court On Monday, he sees whether Wisconsin officials have mistakenly concluded that the charitable groups that followed Catholics were not eligible to obtain an exemption from the state tax that funds the benefits of unemployment.
Although the state allows exemptions for churches and non -profit organizations associated with them, it concluded that the groups that operate under the umbrella of the Catholic Charitable Associations Office in Superior were not religious enough to receive the same treatment.
The groups concerned – from connected places, Baron County services, various services, and black river industries – serve in the first place the disabled in terms of development. Open programs for non -Catholics.
The groups argue that their rights have been violated according to the free exercise condition in the first amendment to the constitution. The ruling has been interpreted a long time to exempt religious institutions from taxes.
The court enjoys a majority of 6-3 provinces sympathetic to religious allegations, and has been strengthened in a series of recent cases, the condition of free exercise.
The Worksons Labor and Industry Committee found that charitable groups were not “mainly working for religious purposes” under the state law.
Last year, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin supported the discovery of the state committee, saying that the activities of the groups were mostly secular in nature and that it “does not try to drink the participants in the program with Catholic faith and does not provide any religious materials.”
The unemployment compensation system was created in Wisconsin in 1932 to provide a safety network for people who lose their jobs. Similar programs in other states and federal unemployment law also include religious exemptions.
Various groups representing different Christian denominations and other religious religions have supported the Catholic groups in the case, as well as the Trump administration.
