Sunday, July 5, 2015
Religious institutions' tax-exempt status after Obergefell: A roundup
Prof. Paul Caron has helpfully collected links to a lot of recent stories and comments around the web on the question whether, after Obergefell, religious institutions (in particular, colleges and universities) should expect challenges to their tax-exempt status. One of the pieces, from Inside Higher Ed., has this quote from Prof. Michael McConnell:
"Private institutions that dissent from today's reformulation of marriage must be prepared for aggressive legal attacks on all fronts," said Michael W. McConnell, the Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford University Law School.
I'd only add that such institutions should not be distracted by "lullaby talk" from scholars or commentators who insist that challenges to such institutions' tax status, accreditation, and funding eligibility are, for political reasons, extremely unlikely.
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2015/07/religious-institutions-tax-exempt-status-after-obergefell-a-roundup.html