Supreme Court blasts discrimination against Catholic Charities

The Supreme Court has, in a unanimous decision, blasted the discrimination set up by the state of Wisconsin when it banned Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior from participating in the church’s less-costly unemployment compensation program.

The 9-0 decision means that Catholic Charities now can avoid being ordered to participate in the state’s own less efficient and more costly plan.

The state based its discrimination on the fact that the charities programs offers...