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miller@b-mrda.ca.boeing.com (Mark Miller) writes:

>I'd like net.reaction to the following hypothetical situation:

>A church has an opening for a youth group leader. One applicant
>says that he is a homosexual. The church's board of elders (or
>other governing body) refuses to employ the applicant on the basis
>of his homosexuality, citing Romans chapter 1 and saying that the 
>applicant's beliefs contradict the church's values.

>In your opinion, has the church acted properly? Should the church be
>forced to hire and/or compensate the individual?

This *may* be a moot point in that since Churches are usually classified
as non-profit, I believe that they fall under different guidelines
concerning employment and are exempt from EO laws.

If I am wrong, I have a question . . . If the church would have to
either hier and/or compensate the above individual (should they not
hire him), would the church (i.e. Catholic churches) also then have
to allow for women to be priests?  I know I'm deviating from the above
hypothetical situation, but I think this argument is in direct correlation
to the above.

allen