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STATED CLERK FILES BRIEF IN COLLEGE HIRING CASE
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05 May 1996 08:37:58
4-Aug-95
95265 STATED CLERK FILES BRIEF IN COLLEGE HIRING CASE
by Jerry L. Van Marter
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Stated Clerk the Rev. James E. Andrews has filed an amicus
curiae brief supporting a denominationally-related college's right to limit
faculty to members of a particular denomination or faith.
Andrews' July 24 action, filed in the 11th circuit U.S. Court of
Appeals, supports the Southern Baptist Convention in the case of Siegel v.
Truett-McConnell College.
The college, closely affiliated with the Georgia Baptist Convention,
has a policy requiring that all its faculty be Christians. Andrews' brief
focuses on the right of such an institution to set such a standard.
In the brief Andrews stated that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has
always claimed autonomy in matters relating to employees with respect to
its own internal affairs. He cited a 1988 General Assembly policy
statement, "God Alone is Lord of the Conscience," as the most recent
affirmation of that position.
"Determining who should teach at a church related educational
institution should not be the subject of government regulation," Andrews
concluded.
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