tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post7092621877813139087..comments2024-03-29T04:31:15.219-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: I'll sue if I do not get the job...Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-80222737515102613702012-01-21T10:51:00.299-06:002012-01-21T10:51:00.299-06:00"I would expect that had the SCOTUS decision ...<i>"I would expect that had the SCOTUS decision on Hosanna-Tabor been different, these suits might have become more common here in the US and even, perhaps, in our own LCMS."</i> <br /><br />It is definitely speculative to guess what a different SCOTUS decision might have been and what it may cause to happen. But that has never been a barrier to blog postings speculating on such topics. ;-)<br /><br />Certainly if the SCOTUS had eliminated the "ministerial exception" all together, not only for ADA, but for all EEOC cases, then one might expect to see women, homosexuals, bisexuals, pedophiles, bestophiles, polysexuals, the criminally insane, or heavy metal rock musicians suing the Missouri Synod if it refused to recognize them by ordination as called pastors. <br /><br />On the other hand, the SCOTUS could have recognized that while the ADA <i>ministerial exception</i> applies to various discriminations made illegal in one subchapter of Act, the <i>ministerial exception</i> does not apply to retaliation/coercion made illegal in another subchapter not covered by the <i>ministerial exception</i>. However, if this had been the decision, little would have changed. A Missouri Synod church would simply claim their Lutheran doctrine requires them to depose called commissioned teachers who have narcolepsy or are overweight or part their hair the wrong way or whatever. The courts would allow them the <i>ministerial exception</i> without questioning the doctrine, and the Synod headquarters would be unlikely to rule for the deposed teacher if the case were brought to the dispute resolution process.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-66838192317849074962012-01-21T10:15:05.145-06:002012-01-21T10:15:05.145-06:00It has been the policy of the LCMS
to present &quo...It has been the policy of the LCMS<br />to present "A qualified for <br />ordination" certificate to those<br />who were deemed so by the Seminary<br />faculty. Supposedly, this is based<br />on in-depth interviews with the<br />candidate who has his Master of<br />Divinity degree from their Seminary.<br /><br />Often the Master of Divinity holder<br />declines to even want to be ordained<br />and saves the Seminary a headache.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com