Headline : Supreme Court to consider whether Catholic group is exempt from religious taxes

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether charities run by religious groups have to pay unemployment taxes that cover their employees.

Most, but not all, states generally exempt religious groups from having to pay into the state's unemployment tax system. Federal law does exempt religious schools from having to participate in the federal-state program. But the court has never ruled on the question of participation by charitable organizations run by religious groups. Now the court has agreed to tackle the question in a case brought by Catholic Charities against the state of Wisconsin.

The Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese Superior, Wisconsin, a non-profit corporation, is the social ministry arm of the Catholic Church. Its mission is to "carry on the redeeming work of our Lord by reflecting gospel values and the moral teaching of the church," and it carries out that mission by "providing services to the poor and disadvantaged" without making distinctions "by race, sex, or religion." The organization hires staff without regard to religion, instructs that the charity should be exercised "in an impartial manner towards members of other religions," and operates "dozens of programs in service to the elderly, the disabled, the poor, and those in need of disaster relief." In addition, the charity avowedly does not proselytize.

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