W.D. N.C.: Catholic high school liable for firing teacher in same-sex marriage

by Josh S. Tatum in civil rights, ecclesiastical abstention, employment, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause, Freedom of Assembly, LGBT rights, marriage, Ministerial Exception, North Carolina, religious exemptions, RFRA, Roman Catholic, same-sex marriage, schools

W.D. N.C.: Catholic high school liable for firing teacher in same-sex marriage. The court rejected defenses based on the First Amendment—including the Ministerial Exception— Title VII, and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, among others. Religion Clause reports on the decision here. Read the decision here: Billard v. Charlotte Catholic High School, (W.D. N.C., Sept. 3, 2021).