'Shouldn’t have picked this fight': 5 reactions to Supreme Court's unanimous Catholic charity ruling

2. Rachel Laser

Americans United for Separation of Church and State President and CEO Rachel Laser speaking at the Freedom From Religion Foundation's 2019 National Convention.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State President and CEO Rachel Laser speaking at the Freedom From Religion Foundation's 2019 National Convention. | Screengrab: YouTube/FFRF

Rachel Laser, president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which filed an amicus brief against Catholic Charities Bureau, contends the decision "continues a dangerous trend we've seen from Christian Nationalist legal outfits for more than a decade now."

"From health care access to retirement benefits to antidiscrimination protections and now unemployment insurance, they argue that companies and organizations can simply claim a religious motive in order to sidestep worker protections," said Laser in a statement.

"If these religious extremists succeed, the mere invocation of religious beliefs will erase important social safety nets and civil rights protections for workers."

Laser claims the ruling favors "the purported religion of companies and organizations over protections for individual workers."

"Today's decision could be used to hamstring courts' ability to ensure that employers must contribute to this safety net when they are not qualified for the limited religious exemptions under the law," she added.

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