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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lindsay Whitehurst

Supreme Court seems likely to side with Catholic Charities in religious-rights case

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The Supreme Court appeared Monday to be leaning toward a Catholic charitable organization pushing back against the state of Wisconsin in the latest religious rights case to come before the court.

The justices suggested the Catholic Charities Bureau should not have to pay unemployment taxes because the work of the social services agency is motivated by religious beliefs, and the state exempts religious groups from the tax.

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