A case before the New Jersey Supreme Court concerning a parochial school teacher fired for being an unwed mother will provide an illuminating look at how law and religion intersect in the current political climate.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on religious education will loom large in the case of Crisitello v. St. Theresa School, in which a teacher who was pregnant and unmarried lost her job for violating its ban on “immoral conduct.”