In its effort to oppose Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin wants human dignity without a moral context to uphold it. The organization seeks exemption from state unemployment taxes in favor of its own unemployment system. As the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled against Catholic Charities on this matter last year, the case has reached the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court heard oral arguments in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin on Monday of this week.

Wisconsin’s initial ruling stripped Catholic Charities of its status as a religious organization, deeming Catholic Charities a secular group since it neither proselytizes nor exclusively serves Catholics. In the opinion of Wisconsin law, Catholic Charities is “not operated primarily for religious purposes.”