Justices Decline to Revisit Who Is a Minister Under Job Bias Law

Feb. 28, 2022, 3:17 PM UTC

A Massachusetts religious college failed to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to review a state court ruling that a former teacher can sue for alleged job bias because she wasn’t a “minister,” with Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. issuing a statement indicating the court may be interested in reviewing the question later in the case.

The justices’ denial Monday of Gordon College’s petition for review means Margaret DeWeese-Boyd can pursue her lawsuit claiming she was denied promotion to full professor in 2016 because she is a woman and for speaking out against the college’s policies and practices regarding LGBTQ+ individuals. ...

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