'Faith-based' job bias upheld in New York.A federal judge in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of has ruled that the Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. can discriminate dis·crim·i·nate v. dis·crim·i·nat·ed, dis·crim·i·nat·ing, dis·crim·i·nates v.intr. 1. a. in hiring in federally funded social service programs it runs. On Oct. 4, U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein dismissed a portion of a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is one of the nation's foremost defenders of civil liberties and civil rights. Founded in 1951 as the New York affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, it is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization with six chapters and nearly (NYCLU NYCLU New York Civil Liberties Union ) that accused the Salvation Army of improperly using government grants to discriminate in employment on the basis of religion. The NYCLU represented former Salvation Army employees who alleged that they were forced from the organization for disagreeing with its religious policies. The NYCLU noted in a press statement, however, that the judge did not dismiss the group's charge that government agencies had unconstitutionally used public money to advance the Salvation Army's religious work. The NYCLU called the ruling in Lown v. Salvation Army a "mixed" one. "Unfortunately," NYCLU's statement read, "the Court's decision offers no relief for the Salvation Army's social service employees who are the victims of religious discrimination in programs funded almost entirely by the government. The court has, wrongly, we believe, exempted the Salvation Army's government-funded programs from civil rights laws that generally prohibit discrimination against employees based on religion or creed." The NYCLU said it was "considering future options in proceeding with all aspects of its lawsuit." |
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