Part Two of the NYT series on government accomodation of religion

You can read it here.

I wrestled with this for a few minutes and then concluded that if a church hires somebody, then they have to play by the same rules as all other employers and I don't care if that results in a minister in the pulpit because a court ordered that he be there. It seems to me that if a church was robbed by its treasurer, they'd want a court to be invloved, by god. Churches want the protections of the law but not the responsiblities.

They can practise their religion any way they want to as long as they don't enter into a contract with somebody and then expect that they can abrogate the contract on whim. Those churches that use lay preachers who are unpaid can send 'em packing whenever they please. If you weren't getting paid, you can't argue that you were hurt by being dismssed on whim.

Or, at least that's the way I'm seeing it this afternoon.