NJ Supreme Court Defends Religious Rights of Employers
The Rich Zeoli Show
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🗓️ 14 August 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3:
- The Drive at 5: David Wildstein of The New Jersey Globe reports that the NJ Supreme Court concluded that “a parochial school didn’t violate New Jersey’s discrimination laws when it fired a teacher for not abiding by the teachings of the Catholic Church after learning that she had premarital sex” in a case brought before the state’s highest court. You can read the full article here: https://newjerseyglobe.com/judiciary/n-j-top-court-says-catholic-school-can-fire-a-teacher-for-being-unmarried-pregnant/
- During Monday’s briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said she had nothing to add when asked about U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss being appointed as Special Counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation.
- While vacationing in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, President Joe Biden told reporters “no comment” when asked about the devastating wildfires and rising death toll in Hawaii.
- Country music singer Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” has gone viral on social media—collecting more than 9 million views in five days.
- Over the weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris participated in an awkward, cringey interview with MSNBC’s Al Sharpton.
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| 0:30.5 | A major win for religious freedom today, |
| 0:35.0 | at the New Jersey State Supreme Court. |
| 0:39.0 | That's right. |
| 0:40.0 | All eyes on Georgia, as we wait to see a former President Donald Trump will be indicted, |
| 0:45.0 | an anger grows Hawaiians, people residents of Hawai'i, local Hawaiians, Native Hawaiians. |
| 0:51.5 | Very angry at the government's response. |
| 0:53.5 | Welcome back to the show. |
| 0:54.5 | Glad you're here today. |
| 0:55.5 | 855-3912-10, but I just got word that the New Jersey Supreme Court upheld the rights of religious employers |
| 1:07.5 | to act consistent with their religious tenets, and the court found that St. Teresa's school |
| 1:15.5 | did not do anything wrong when they fired a teacher for being unmarried and pregnant. |
| 1:22.5 | A parochial school did not violate New Jersey's discrimination laws when it fired a teacher |
| 1:27.5 | for not abiding by the teachings of the Catholic Church after learning she had premarital sex. |
| 1:34.5 | Victoria Crisatello, an art teacher, has been fighting St. Teresa's school in Kenoworth |
| 1:41.5 | for almost a decade after she told her boss she was pregnant and single. |
| 1:45.5 | This is from MJ Globe. |
| 1:48.5 | Justice Lee Solomon, who wrote the court's opinion, said the matter was decided based on the state's religious tenets exception. |
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