Topic - United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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  KNIGHT: Keeping marriage real

  Maryland's Civil Marriage Protection Act is profoundly misnamed. In fact, it should more accurately be called the Attack on Religious Freedom Enabling Act.

• U.S. job-bias claims at record level

  ob-discrimination complaints in the United States rose to an all-time high last year, led by an increase in bias charges based on religion and national origin.

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  High court ruling landmark for religion

  Religious organizations won a landmark victory Wednesday as the Supreme Court held that churches have the right to make employment decisions free from government interference over discrimination laws.

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: EEOC demands imperil the public

  The Washington Times was right to criticize the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for its recent letter claiming that it is illegal discrimination to require job applicants to have high school diplomas ("EEOC undermines job creation," Comment & Analysis, Jan. 3).

• Economy Briefs

  The final weeks of 2011 were the economy's strongest since it appeared to be slipping toward recession in late spring.

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  EDITORIAL: EEOC undermines job creation

  The Obama administration is floating the idea that requiring a high-school diploma for a job can be an illegal act of discrimination. No wonder employers are refusing to hire.

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  EEOC: High school diploma requirement might violate Americans with Disabilities Act

  Employers are facing more uncertainty in the wake of a letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission warning them that requiring a high school diploma from a job applicant might violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.

• Astros buyer moves on from discrimination case

  Businessman Jim Crane has stayed out of the spotlight since the announcement that his investment group had reached a deal to buy the Houston Astros for $680 million.

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  High road for Ramsey on police discipline

  Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey was taken aback last week by news reports and radio interviews in which Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy L. Lanier claimed he had been too severe in his punishment of officers during his time as Metropolitan Police chief from 1998 through 2006.

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  D.C. Mayor Gray asks for approval of security deal

  Mayor Vincent C. Gray is urging the D.C. Council to take "prompt and favorable action" to retroactively approve and extend a controversial school security contract he and his former council colleagues staunchly opposed in August.

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  School security contract extended sans D.C. review

  A lucrative school security contract awarded to a troubled company and its questionable subcontractor is being extended on a monthly basis by the mayor's office in spite of a D.C. law and a promise by Mayor Vincent C. Gray that all contracts in excess of $1 million would go to the D.C. Council for review.

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  Appeal paints officer as 'scapegoat'

  An attorney for veteran Metropolitan Police Department Inspector Victor V. Brito says his client's demotion to captain and removal as director of disciplinary branch after he disagreed in a case sparked by a complaint by Chief Cathy L. Lanier's Facebook friend Cherita Whiting was made "without any legitimate factual basis" and violated his due process rights.

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  Senate Democrats back American Muslims

  Less than three weeks after a much-criticized House Republican hearing on the radicalization of American Muslims, Senate Democrats countered Tuesday with a hearing of their own — this one focusing on protecting the civil rights of Muslims.

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