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Catholic Agency’s Challenge Before U.S. Supreme Court Could Upend Non-Discrimination Law

March 3, 2020/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Melissa Feito

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has agreed to hear a case that may dramatically change laws regarding religious exemptions from non-discrimination laws. Read More

Bishop Expresses “Serious Concerns” Over New LGBTQ Law Clinic at Gonzaga University

February 29, 2020/6 Comments/in Hierarchy, Higher Education, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Uncategorized /by Brian Kaufman

The bishop of Spokane, Washingon, has expressed "serious concern" over Gonzaga University School of Law's inauguration of a new LGBTQ+ Rights Clinic. Read More

Lesbian Employee Sues St. Joseph’s University Over Discrimination and Harassment

February 11, 2020/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Higher Education, Marriage & Family, Uncategorized /by Kevin Molloy

A former campus minister at Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, is suing the school for workplace discrimination and harassment based on actions she experienced after marrying her same-gender spouse. Read More

With Chaput Out, Philadelphia’s New Archbishop Should End Church’s Anti-LGBTQ Lawsuit

January 30, 2020/5 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Pope Francis appointed a new leader for Philadelphia last week, naming Nelson Pérez as archbishop and ending the tenure of his caustic predecessor, Charles Chaput. While repairing the damage Chaput inflicted on LGBTQ Catholics and their communities will take time and intentionality, one simple step Pérez could take to promote goodwill is ending the archdiocese's lawsuit against LGBTQ rights. Read More

Trump Administration Backs Archdiocese That Forced Catholic School to Fire Gay Employee

October 3, 2019/1 Comment/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post includes three updates out of Indianapolis regarding church employment disputes. First, the Trump administration has stated its support for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, which is being sued by an employee fired from a Catholic school because of their same-gender marriage. Second, a canon lawyer has said the Vatican's lifting of ecclesiastical suspensions against Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School is "exceptional." Third, Shelly Fitzgerald participated in a Democratic presidential debate. Read More

U.S. Bishops Applaud Trump Administration Proposal Allowing Anti-LGBTQ Employment Discrimination

August 24, 2019/13 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Top U.S. bishops have welcomed the Trump administration's proposed rule that would allow federal contractors to discriminate against LGBTQ employees. Read More

Indianapolis Catholic Schools Exclude Brebeuf Jesuit Students from Athletic Competition

August 17, 2019/13 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholic schools in Indianapolis have excluded student-athletes at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School from participating in a joint competition, a decision made following the archbishop's decree removing the school's Catholic designation because administrator's refused to discriminate against an LGBTQ employee. Read More

Fired Church Worker Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Indianapolis Catholic School

August 3, 2019/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Catherine Buck

A church worker fired by a Catholic high school over her same-gender marriage is now suing that school for discrimination, further intensifying the church employment disputes that have rocked the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Read More

Catholic Agency Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court for Right to Refuse Services to LGBTQ Clients

July 24, 2019/4 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A Catholic social services agency has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that the agency may, as a religious organization, be exempted from non-discrimination laws and refuse services to LGBTQ clients under the First Amendment. Read More

Let’s Make Catholic Hospitals the Leaders in the Journey of Transgender Resurrections

January 9, 2019/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A Catholic healthcare system has settled a lawsuit which claimed it had discriminate against the transgender child of an employee who had sought gender-confirming surgery. But the real story is about the opportunity Catholic healthcare systems have to make moments of resurrection happen. Read More

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