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STATED CLERK FILES BRIEF IN COLLEGE HIRING CASE


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Date 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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