Liberty University has responded to a discrimination lawsuit from its former director of diversity retention, counting among its defenses that its religious beliefs protect it from claims of discrimination based
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The (Lynchburg) News & Advance
Another Black man once employed by Liberty University in a diversity leadership role has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the university.
LeeQuan McLaurin went to LU and worked as an associate director of student engagement starting in 2018, then was assigned to be its director of diversity retention in February 2020 despite declining the position for pay reasons, the lawsuit states.
His complaint lists seven violations of state and federal civil rights laws, claiming the schoolâs senior management discriminated against him as a Black, gay, Christian man and retaliated against him after he lodged Human Resources complaints.