Bona Fide Occupational Qualification is a defense to a discrimination claim.This means that sometimes an employer has a reason why the business does not hire a certain individual (which would not be a violation of Title VII).For example, in Section 4.5 of the textbook the example is given that it is not considered discriminatory for a Jesuit University not to hire a Jewish philosophy professor (Lee, 2020).

Why would a religious institution be allowed this type of defense under the law?