Posted on 10/02/2019 6:34:06 PM PDT by marshmallow
INDIANAPOLIS - The U.S. Justice Department is supporting Catholic Church leaders in Indianapolis who are being sued over the firing of a teacher in a same-sex marriage.
Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband says the First Amendment protects the free exercise of religion and gives faith-based schools the right to associate with some people and not others. The government filed a statement Friday in Marion County court.
Joshua Payne-Elliott says the Archdiocese of Indianapolis illegally interfered in his contract with Cathedral High School where he had worked for 13 years. The school fired him in June on orders from the archdiocese. He filed a lawsuit in July.
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Yuge
Logical. But we haven’t been in logical world for a long time
And as far as hiring and firing. For whatever reason is a good reason.
This blackmailing has got to stop.
Reason #52,586 to fight like hell for Trump’s re-election
THANK GOD!
I thought this has been settle in numerous cases for the Religious institution. So, how come we keep hearing about more suits?
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