In the Supreme Court of the United States, Sharonell Fulton, and others, petitioners, v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and others, respondents : on writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit : brief of amici curiae former foster children and foster/adoptive parents and the Catholic Association Foundation in support of petitioners / Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, counsel of record.

HeinOnline index title: Brief amici curiae of former foster children and foster parents and the Catholic Association Foundation

Cincinnatti, OH ; Washington, D.C. : Becker Gallagher, [2020]

[Getzville, New York] : William S. Hein & Company, [2021]

1 online resource (vi, 34 pages).

Religion and the law.
LGBTQ+ rights.

At issue is whether free exercise plaintiffs can only succeed by proving a particular type of discrimination claim - namely that the government would allow the same conduct by someone who held different religious views - as two circuits have held, or whether courts must consider other evidence that a law is not neutral and generally applicable, as six circuits have held; (2) whether Employment Division v. Smith should be revisited; and (3) whether the government violates the First Amendment by conditioning a religious agency's ability to participate in the foster care system on taking actions and making statements that directly contradict the agency's religious beliefs.

"No. 19-123."

"Table of authorities": Pages iii -vi.

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