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There was a case in an article that was published in 2020, Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, that involved the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. It was originally two separate cases but the courts consolidated the two. Agnes and Kristen were teachers at catholic elementary schools in southern California. Both worked at the school for years, Agnes from 1998-2015, then their contracts were not renewed based on performance issues. Agnes's case was about age discrimination. Kristen, at the end of her contract, was battling breast cancer. She felt this was why she was let go. Her case was about disability discrimination. Their case made it to the Supreme Court where a summary judgment was made in favor of the schools. The court's findings stated, that to preserve religious institutions and their constitutional rights, the government does not control the religious school's decision about who teaches its religion classes. This case is very interesting and has multiple considerations the courts had to consider, such as different discrimination acts and the separation of church and state. It gets tricky. In the article, the courts debated on what constitutes someone to be a teacher versus a minister, ministers have more protection. The courts were concerned about how involved it should be in the school's decision without violating its religious rights. I would not want to be the one making that decision.