but I think religous organizations are exempted from that part of hiring laws.
They can openly discriminate against someone that doesn`t hold there beliefs.

Am I wrong on that?

but for, say, the janitor in my synogogue or the lunch lady at a catholic school, they don't have exemption from civil rights laws.

I can certainly wrap my head around insisting that the teachers in my daughter's Sunday school classes need to teach Judiasm instead of something else, since it is a specifically jewish institution.

However, we are talking about doctors and nurses in catholic affiliated hospitals and such. They are covered by civil rights legislation currently.

for the clarification.

In this christian nation of ours. LOL!

And some Christians are more Christian than other Christians.

There are over 33,000 denominations of Protestantism alone--
http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/a120.htm

I've never understood why God's word requires 1,000 pages and someone with a college degree to interpret it.

I wrote my MA thesis on half a verse in 1 Corinthians. My thesis was well over 100 pages long. It took all that length to evaluate the context, how that verse fit in it, and a review of existing ideas, research, opinions and conclusions, and to give my own conclusions. Yes, over 33,000 denominations of Protestantism. Not all, but at least some are concerned chiefly with being right (owning ABSOLUTE TRUTH) and how their being right (OWNING THE TRUTH) and your accepting their version is the key to the Kingdom. Glad I am an atheist and don't have to hope I picked the right one out of the thousands. Must be a terrible strain to have that worry.

Just believe

discriminating on the basis or religion. The exemptions are pretty narrow. So even though I work for a private employer, I am not allowed to consider religion in the hiring decisions and am required to make "reasonable" accomidation for religious beliefs.

My employer can't force me to attend a certain church as a condition of employment, based on current civil rights law, unless I am applying for a specifically religious position (priest, rabbi, etc.)

Your employer can create any excuse he/she wants. Like " I don't like his attitude, or lack of production as ways to get rid of any outsiders..

and they are technically breaking the law (even if they might get away with it).

But they cannot state, explicitly as a matter of policy, that I must adhere to their standards as a condition of employment. That's what we are talking about with the latest demand from the Catholic Bishops. They want any employer to be able to require me to go without the protections afforded to all other women, as a condition of employment, and based on my employers interpretation of God's will.

if they are members of the One True Religion(TM). If they or Jews or Muslims or pagans or whatever, well, not so much.

lol