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  • Catholic school can legally fire teacher in same-sex marriage, appeals court rules

    05/09/2024 9:23:21 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 8 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 05/09/2024 | Michael Gryboski
    A Catholic school in North Carolina was within its legal rights to dismiss a substitute teacher because he was in a same-sex marriage, a federal appeals court ruled.A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday that Charlotte Catholic High School could fire Lonnie Billard for marrying a man.Circuit Judge Pamela Harris, an Obama appointee, authored the majority opinion, concluding that the Catholic school was protected by the "ministerial exception," noting that Billard's employment involved an inherently religious element."We conclude that the school entrusted Billard with 'vital religious duties,' making him a 'messenger' of its...
  • Debunking the Fourth Circuit's Insane Transgender Ruling in Grimm v. Gloucester

    10/16/2020 7:38:28 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 11 replies
    American Thinker.com ^ | October 16, 2020 | Jay Tucker
    On August 26, 2020 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued its decision in the case of Gavin Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board. The decision declared that rights of the plaintiff Gavin Grimm, a female student who considers herself male, were violated because the school board denied Grimm the right to access the boys' restroom and refused to amend school records to call her "male" after a court had ordered the state of Virginia to issue a new birth certificate indicating Grimm as a male. In justifying its opinion, the Court made many findings of fact...
  • FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT LIFTS INJUNCTION ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S IMMIGRANT ‘PUBLIC CHARGE’ RULE

    12/10/2019 4:57:33 PM PST · by cotton1706 · 23 replies
    Clarion.causeaction.com ^ | 12/10/19 | Manors Kan
    A second appeals court has lifted an injunction blocking the Trump administration from implementing its immigration rule relating to “public charges,” mirroring an order in the Ninth Circuit Court several days before. “Public charge” refers to an individual who is likely to become primarily dependent on the government for subsistence, by receiving assistance such as food stamps or Medicaid. The cases stem from a new rule the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) adopted in August that expanded the definition of “public charges” in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The rule provides clarification about what factors would be considered when...