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Court Revives Lawsuit of Teacher Fired for Same-Sex Marriage
AP ^ | 11/24/21

Posted on 12/04/2021 6:47:56 PM PST by marshmallow

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A lawsuit filed by a teacher who was fired from his job at a Catholic high school in Indianapolis for being in a same-sex marriage can proceed, a state appeals court ruled.

A panel of the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled unanimously Tuesday that a Marion County court erred in dismissing Joshua Payne-Elliott’s lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. The ruling reverses that decision and sends the case back to the lower court......

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: associatedpress; catholic; education; homosexualagenda; indiana; indianapolis; joshuapayneelliott; marioncounty; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills

1 posted on 12/04/2021 6:47:56 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

There is only two reasons a homosexual would get a job in a Catholic school.


2 posted on 12/04/2021 6:49:40 PM PST by Trillian
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To: Trillian

Probably there are more than that


3 posted on 12/04/2021 6:50:55 PM PST by algore
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To: algore

The ones I could think of so far:
1. Access to children
2. Filing bogus lawsuits
3. Destroying the school from within

Feel free to add more.


4 posted on 12/04/2021 6:53:22 PM PST by Trillian
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To: marshmallow

Sodomites should not be allowed anywhere near children.


5 posted on 12/04/2021 6:56:59 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Trillian

4. Brought up Catholic and wants to be justified in his lifestyle in the eyes of the Church, not just the judicial system.


6 posted on 12/04/2021 7:03:47 PM PST by I-ambush (If we make it we’ll all sit back and laugh, but I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying )
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To: marshmallow

It sounds like a technical legal issue. The lower court can now, hopefully, hear the case and find that the Catholic school was within its First Amendment rights to dismiss the teacher for violating Catholic teaching and their contract with the school.


7 posted on 12/05/2021 1:33:29 AM PST by fwdude
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To: Trillian
Access to children == ends.

Anything else on the list == means.

8 posted on 12/05/2021 1:05:01 PM PST by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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