Posted on 03/01/2022 6:25:18 PM PST by marshmallow
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from a Christian college in Massachusetts that tried to use a ministerial exception to end a lawsuit by a former professor whom lower courts ruled could sue for alleged discrimination.
In an orders list released Monday, the Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari from Gordon College to hear the appeal centered on allowing the school to use the “ministerial exception” to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former associate professor Margaret DeWeese-Boyd.
Gordon College was sued by DeWeese-Boyd in 2017 over its refusal to promote her, reportedly over her public support of the LGBT movement.
As part of its defense, Gordon invoked the ministerial exception, a legal principle that prevents governments from imposing anti-discrimination laws on religious institutions and their ministerial employees.
Justice Samuel Alito authored a statement included in the orders list respecting the decision to deny the appeal. Alito was joined by Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
Alito said he accepted the denial of the petition in part because the case will continue through the litigation process, noting that “the preliminary posture of the litigation would complicate our review.”
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Not going to dismiss because they want to see it go through the court system.
Dangerous gamble for the Left.
“Dangerous gamble for the Left.”
The Left always has Roberts to save them when needed.
Every thing is a roll of the dice at SCOTUS
In no way supreme anymore.
Just now run of the mill woke retardation.
Yep.
Sad how fake and phony rights are promoted by losers to destroy authentic and genuine rights.
Examples. A pro-lifer should be fired, since he is against the murder of infants. A pro-traditional marriage person should be fired, since he is against homosexuality. A pro-natural gender person should be fired, since he is against people making their own genders.
News flash: murder is wrong, homosexuality is a sign of mental illness and making one’s own gender is not helping anyone.
SCOTUS. America’s most America-hating American “court”.
This was a procedural ruling, not on the merits. Alito’s words are very encouraging. And the SC just ruled a couple of years ago the Christian organization has broad, perhaps unlimited, latitude in determining which of its jobs are ministerial in nature. This case will be reversed ultimately.
Thank you for your intelligent reply.
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