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St. Louis Archdiocese, others sue city over abortion anti-discrimination ordinance
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-archdiocese-others-sue-city-over-abortion-anti-discrimination/article_09651b13-910e-5307-b892-1961103c7216.html--------------------
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis and other organizations filed suit Monday against the city, seeking to overturn a new ordinance that adds people’s “reproductive health decisions” to the list of things for which it’s illegal to discriminate in employment and housing.
Supporters of the ordinance, in effect since February, say it is meant to prevent employers or landlords from discriminating against women who have had or are considering abortions. Opponents say it would force the church and other groups that fundamentally oppose abortion to effectively sanction it. One equated it to forcing Planned Parenthood to staff its front desk with anti-abortion activists.
The measure effectively makes women who have had or plan to have abortions a protected class, like racial or ethnic minorities, thus barring employers or landlords from using that factor to deny them employment or housing. The Board of Aldermen passed it last year and then-Mayor Francis Slay signed it into law Feb. 10.
Plaintiffs in the federal suit are seeking an immediate injunction against enforcement of the ordinance and its eventual invalidation as unconstitutional. Archbishop Robert Carlson vowed that the archdiocese won’t adhere to the law even if that effort fails.
Supporters of the ordinance, in effect since February, say it is meant to prevent employers or landlords from discriminating against women who have had or are considering abortions. Opponents say it would force the church and other groups that fundamentally oppose abortion to effectively sanction it. One equated it to forcing Planned Parenthood to staff its front desk with anti-abortion activists.
The measure effectively makes women who have had or plan to have abortions a protected class, like racial or ethnic minorities, thus barring employers or landlords from using that factor to deny them employment or housing. The Board of Aldermen passed it last year and then-Mayor Francis Slay signed it into law Feb. 10.
Plaintiffs in the federal suit are seeking an immediate injunction against enforcement of the ordinance and its eventual invalidation as unconstitutional. Archbishop Robert Carlson vowed that the archdiocese won’t adhere to the law even if that effort fails.
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Still fighting for the right to hate and discriminate. Stay classy, RCC.
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