Posted on 07/30/2022 8:50:00 AM PDT by aimhigh
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday the Archdiocese of Indianapolis acted within the law when it fired a long-time counselor because she is in a same-sex marriage.
The Chicago-based Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the former counselor was employed as a minister at the Catholic faith-based Roncalli High School, and she was expected to support the school’s religious mission and follow church teachings in her personal life to remain employed. The Catholic Church does not support gay marriage.
The court affirmed a district court’s year-old decision in a 27-page ruling and barred discrimination, retaliation and hostile work environment claims from going forward against the archdiocese and the school. The court cited past Supreme Court decisions on the principle of ministerial exception that allows religious institutions to determine employment rules with certain employees.
Becket, the legal group representing the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis and the high school, said the appeals court decision ensures that religious schools can remain faithful to their mission. “Religious groups have a constitutional right to hire individuals who believe in their faith’s ideals and are committed to their religious mission,” Luke Goodrich, Beckett’s vice president and senior counsel, said in a statement. “Our justice system has consistently ruled that the government cannot intrude on a religious organization’s choice of who will pass on the faith to the next generation.”
Lynn Starkey, a nearly 40-year employee of Roncalli and its former co-director of guidance, filed a lawsuit in 2019 asserting the school and church discriminated and retailed against her because of her same-sex marriage. Starkey argued she was not in a ministerial role at the school. She told the court she is not a practicing Catholic, and did not receive religious training.
Homosexual acts should still be illegal everywhere.
Being known to be a homosexual should ruin careers.
Why do we keep going through this over and over and over again after court after court affirms churches’ right to do this?
Suits like this should be sh**canned as soon as they’re filed, wasting no one’s money but the perv’s.
Most definitely government careers, but who would cut your hair in the private sector?
Imagine a world with no metrosexual hairstyles....
The queers should protest by immediately leaving the Catholic church!
Of course, the Catholics will need a new pope.
Lol! Good point.
“Homosexual acts should still be illegal everywhere.”
I’ve come to the conclusion that any perversity (abnormal behavior) will come to be accepted by society as a whole if it is not seen as a danger to society.
So, for example there are people who have an innate desire to set fires. They get a pleasure out of seeing things burn. A type of perversity - pyromaniacs. Well that perversity is not seen as too beneficial to society so it is made unlawful.
What about homosexuality? Is it a danger to society? Once it was seen as such. Today not so much. But long term, the verdict is still out.
Where I grew up that world would be referred to as the Sixties.😀
No offense but I would vote for you for senator.
My barber ain’t queer.
It has not even been 20 years since Lawrence v Texas ... I’d say the rapidity with which they have pushed faggotry indicates the verdict should be in.
We do not have flying cars, we haven’t colonized Mars; but, too many folks don’t seem to know what a woman is ... instead of The Jetsons we are living in a Monty Python skit.
Heh, not too many years I paraphrased Nicholson’s Joker hereabouts: “Orange man ... terrorizes! If only they could get a load of me!”
I would much rather be an Okie from Muskogee than, well, any sort of progressive ... and I’m a Texan!
Though as I’ve matured I’ve finally allowed it may ... occasionally ... be a northbound skunk that always seems to be dead at the border along I35.
Locked and loaded I am ready anytime
The article says she was employed as a minister, but she said she wasn’t A minister. If that is her job title, she would be fired for not performing her job.
Why in neck would an Archdiocese hire a woman minister?
neck is heck autocorrected.
I agree with you, 100%.
She is not considered an ordained minister, but all employees are considered lay ministers and are expected to demonstrate, or at least not contradict, the tenets of the Catholic faith while at work. Her homosexuality was not an issue if she kept it private and did not hold it out as an acceptable lifestyle. The minute she became public with it, she was directly contradicting church teaching and thus was failing in her lay ministerial duties.
If she got “married” and never told her class or made a school public announcement, would the school have fired her? I guess she would have to tell the school for health insurance reasons.
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