Part 2 of the NYTimes series on religious institutions and government regulation:

Many issues raised – lawsuits alleging discrimination because of health issues, sexual harassment and age, as well as unionization issues.

Rick Garnett on the series so far:

I’ll have more to say, I think, when the series is through.  The first two installments, though, leave me with a sense of "they just don’t get it" unease.  The storyline owes too much, so far, to the "religion is getting special treatment and is treating people unfairly" narrative, and not enough to the "religious organizations are not the state, and — if we take religious liberty and limited government seriously — must have the freedom to organize themselves, select ministers, etc., without being second-guessed by government" account.  We’ll see.

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