LGBT Discrimination Case Poses Hemispheric Threat

Church Militant ^ | 8/15/19 | Stephen Wynne

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Action could 'upend religious freedom' across the Americas

WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) - An under-the-radar sexual orientation discrimination case is threatening to undermine religious freedom across the Western Hemisphere.

Years in the making, the case springs from Chile, where an open lesbian is challenging her bishop's decision that she cannot serve as a religion instructor owing to her refusal to abide by Church teaching on sexuality.

It involves two components of the Inter-American Human Rights System: the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, based in Washington, D.C., and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, based in San José, Costa Rica.

In Chile, ecclesial authorities are required by law to certify religious educators as fit to teach theology. If a teacher is deemed no longer suitable to instruct students on matters on religion, certification is withdrawn.

For two decades, Sandra Pavez worked as a Catholic religion teacher in the diocese of San Bernardo. But in 2007, diocesan officials learned that she had publicly entered into a same-sex relationship, causing scandal among her colleagues and students. They met with Pavez multiple times, warning that if she persisted in flouting Church teaching, they would be forced to revoke her certification.

Pavez refused their appeals, and her certification was rescinded. By law, she could no longer teach religion, but her school retained her as a member of its education staff. What's more, it promoted her to inspector general, a position of leadership.

But Pavez wasn't satisfied with this. She filed suit against the diocese of San Bernardo, claiming — falsely — that she had been fired.

"It cannot be that a person who wants to talk about God is silenced by having a different sexual orientation. I will fight until the end so that there is a precedent in history," Pavez later told Chilean media.

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The court called on countries to begin taking steps to legalize same-sex “marriage,” citing “its doctrine of constitutional control whereby its opinions are to be treated as binding precedents by courts on the entire American continent,” notes Stefano Gennarini, vice president for legal studies at the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam).

Like hell...

Rotate, with extreme prejudice.

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Me neither. I don’t want some company to have a copy of my DNA! :-)

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How many divisions does this so called court have?