President Trump and his administration are backing a Roman Catholic archbishop in Indiana who pushed a Catholic school to fire a gay teacher. (Yuri Gripas/EPA-EFE/REX) (Yuri Gripas/Pool/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)The Trump administration is backing a Roman Catholic archbishop in Indiana who pushed a Catholic school to fire a gay teacher, saying in a legal document that the First Amendment protects the church’s right to make such decisions. [After refusing archdiocese’s order to fire gay teacher, school is told it will no longer be recognized as Catholic]In 2017, Payne-Elliott married a male teacher at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis. This case presents an important question: whether a religious entity’s interpretation and implementation of its own religious teachings can expose it to third-party intentional-tort liability. This is not the first time the Trump administration has entered the fray over legal rights that protect gay Americans.

Source: Washington Post October 01, 2019 23:48 UTC