Spencer v. World Vision, Inc.

We must decide whether a faith-based humanitarian organization is exempt from Title VIPs prohibition against religious discrimination.

I

Sylvia Spencer, Ted Youngberg, and Vicki Hulse were terminated by World Vision, Inc. (‘World Vision”) on account of their religious beliefs. Religious discrimination is, of course, barred by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a). That bar, however, does not apply to “a religious corporation, association, educational institution, or society with respect to the employment of individuals of a particular religion to perform work connected…