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IT'S THE LAW- Statement 7: Prohibition Against Discrimination
State agencies should be aware that Title XI and the Agencies' regulations prohibit federally regulated financial institutions from excluding appraisers from consideration for an assignment by virtue of their membership, or lack of membership, in any appraisal organization. Federally regulated financial institutions should review the qualifications of appraisers to ensure that they are qualified for the assignment for which they are being considered. It is unacceptable to assume that an appraiser is qualified solely due to membership in, or designation from, an appraisal organization, or the lack thereof. The Agencies have determined that financial institutions' appraisal policies should not favor appraisers from one or more organizations or exclude individuals based on their lack of such membership. If a State agency learns that a certified or licensed appraiser allegedly has been a victim of such discrimination, the State agency should inform the Agency which has regulatory authority over the involved financial institution. INCLUDING THE APPRAISAL INSTITUTE-MAICONFIDENTIALITY/PRIVILEGE NOTICE: This transmission and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee. The information contained in this transmission is confidential in nature and protected from further use or disclosure under U.S. Pub. L. 106-102, 113 U.S. Stat. 1338 (1999), and may be subject to consultant/appraiser-client or other legal privilege. Your use or disclosure of this information for any purpose other than that intended by its transmittal is strictly prohibited and may subject you to fines and/or penalties under federal and state law. If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission, please destroy all copies received and confirm destruction to the sender via return transmittal
 
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U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Case Involving Prayer at Town Council Meeting Posted: 20 May 2013 06:57 PM PDT
The United States Supreme Court will hear a case involving prayer at town board meetings this term. For about a decade, the Town of Greece council had opened its meetings with a Christian-oriented invocation. Residents brought suit, claiming that the town’s policy and practice was unconstitutional as it aligned the town with a particular faith – Christianity. Although the town council invited a few other faiths to participate, the majority of the invocations were of the Christian faith. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the residents, finding the town’s practice of opening each meeting with a prayer unconstitutional. According to the appeals court, the town should have made a greater effort to invite people from other faiths to open its monthly board meetings. Town of Greece v. Galloway.   
The town appealed the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case today. The question the town presented to the Supreme Court is as follows:
 
Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that a legislative prayer practice violates the Establishment Clause notwithstanding the absence of discrimination in the selection of prayer-givers or forbidden exploitation of the prayer opportunity.
 
The Supreme Court previously weighed in on the issue of prayer at legislative meetings in 1983, when it upheld the Nebraskastate legislature’s practice of opening its legislative sessions with an invocation. Marsh v. Chambers.    


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