Nothing in this chapter prohibits any religious association, religious corporation, or religious society that is not organized for private profit, or any institution organized for educational purposes that is operated, supervised, or controlled by a religious association, religious corporation, or religious society that is not organized for private profit, consistent with the protections or privileges of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and article I, section 16, of the Minnesota Constitution, including ministerial exceptions provided therein, from:
(1) limiting admission to or giving preference to persons of the same religion or denomination;
(2) taking any action with respect to education, employment, housing and real property, or use of facilities; or
(3) taking any action with respect to the provision of goods, services, facilities, or accommodations directly related to the solemnization or celebration of a civil marriage that is in violation of its religious beliefs.
This section shall not apply to secular business activities engaged in by the religious association, religious corporation, religious society, or any institution organized for educational purposes that is operated, supervised, or controlled by a religious association, religious corporation, or religious society that is not organized for private profit, the conduct of which is unrelated to the religious and educational purposes for which it is organized.
Notes of Decisions
Egan v. Hamline United Methodist Church, 679 N.W.2d 350 (Minn. Ct. App. 2004).
· cites it 20× “Minn.Stat. § 363A.26(2) (Supp.2003). Another provides that the anti-discrimination provisions of the MHRA do not apply to a religious .”
Doe v. Lutheran High Sch. of Greater Minneapolis, 702 N.W.2d 322 (Minn. Ct. App. 2005).
· cites it 9× “He argues that his claims are not prohibited under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or the Freedom of Conscience Clause of the Minnesota Constitution and that the religious-association exemption in the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Minn.Stat. § 363A.26(2)…”
Telescope Media Grp. v. Rebecca Lucero, 936 F.3d 740 (8th Cir. 2019).
· cites it 2× “Laws at 125–26 (now codified at Minn. Stat. § 363A.26). When Minnesota amended its laws in 2013 to authorize same-sex marriages, it added a third paragraph to the exception: (3) taking any action with respect to the provision of goods, services, facilities, or accommodations…”
Telescope Media Grp. v. Lindsey, 271 F. Supp. 3d 1090 (D. Minnesota 2017).
· cites it 3× “Laws (codified as amended at Minn. Stat. §§ 363A.26, 517.01-23, 518.07).”
Thorson v. Billy Graham Evangelistic Ass'n, 687 N.W.2d 652 (Minn. Ct. App. 2004).
· cites it 4× “Minn.Stat. § 363A.26 (Supp.2003). The critical question for our consideration is the meaning of “secular business activities .”
— Minn. Stat. § 363A.26(2) — 3 cases
Egan v. Hamline United Methodist Church, 679 N.W.2d 350 (Minn. Ct. App. 2004).
“Minn.Stat. § 363A.26(2) (Supp.2003). Another provides that the anti-discrimination provisions of the MHRA do not apply to a religious .”
Doe v. Lutheran High Sch. of Greater Minneapolis, 702 N.W.2d 322 (Minn. Ct. App. 2005).
“He argues that his claims are not prohibited under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or the Freedom of Conscience Clause of the Minnesota Constitution and that the religious-association exemption in the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Minn.Stat. § 363A.26(2)…”
Thorson v. Billy Graham Evangelistic Ass'n, 687 N.W.2d 652 (Minn. Ct. App. 2004).
“Minn.Stat. § 363A.26 (Supp.2003). The critical question for our consideration is the meaning of “secular business activities .”
— Minn. Stat. § 363A.26(3) — 1 case
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