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Case: 19-123 FULTON V. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA (2020-November-04)
Supreme Court of the United States
English - November 05, 2020 16:14 - 1 hour - 128 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPolitics News justice supreme court usa united states docket Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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QUESTION PRESENTED:
The City of Philadelphia chose to exclude a religious agency from the City's foster care system unless the agency agreed to act and speak in a manner inconsistent with its sincere religious beliefs about marriage. The Third Circuit upheld that action under Employment Division v. Smith.
The questions presented are:
Whether free exercise plaintiffs can only succeed by proving a particular type of discrimination claim-namely that the government would allow the same conduct by someone who held different religious views-as two circuits have held, or whether courts must consider other evidence that a law is not neutral and generally applicable, as six circuits have held? Whether Employment Division v. Smith should be revisited? Whether a government violates the First Amendment by conditioning a religious agency's ability to participate in the foster care system on taking actions and making statements that directly contradict the agency's religious beliefs?SUPPORT what we are doing here by contributing to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/supremecourt