Indiana Court Dismisses Lawsuit Filed By Gay Catholic Teacher 05/10/2021 at 1:43 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
By Ryan J. Farrick, Legal Reader, May 8,. 2021
An Indiana court has dismissed the lawsuit filed by a gay teacher who claimed he was dismissed from his position at a Catholic high school after marrying another man.
According to
The Indianapolis Star, Joshua Payne-Elliott worked as a world language and social studies teacher at Cathedral High School from 2006 until 2019.
Joshua, notes
The Star, married Layton Payne-Elliot, a teacher at the Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, in 2017. Shortly after the couple wed, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis requested that Brebeuf terminate Layton’s employment.
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Mass. Court Says Associate Professor at Christian College Is Not a Minister
An associate professor at a Christian liberal arts college is not considered a minister and is therefore protected from discrimination during her employment, the Massachusetts Supreme Court has found.
Typically, the ministerial exception applies to employees of religious institutions who carry out the duties of a minister, such as teaching religion or religious texts, leading prayers or delivering sermons. The exception means that these employees are not subject to the same protections of civil law prohibiting employment discrimination based on things like race, religion, national origin, sex or sexual orientation.
Mar. 6—WENHAM — The state's highest court has ruled that a former Gordon College professor who said she was wrongly denied a promotion can proceed with her discrimination case against the Christian school because she is not a "minister." Gordon College had claimed that all of its employees are "ministerial employees" and thus not covered by anti-discrimination laws. But in a unanimous ruling .