Indiana court sides with archdiocese over teacher firing

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Indiana Supreme Court said the state could not interfere in a Catholic school's firing of a teacher in a same-sex marriage because of the school's religious freedom rights.

The court, in its Aug. 31 ruling, sided with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in supporting Cathedral High School's 2019 decision to fire Joshua Payne-Elliott, a social studies and world language teacher.

The opinion in the court's 4-0 decision, written by Judge Geoffrey G. Slaughter, emphasized that

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