Princeton University filed a motion on Sept. 20 requesting that a religious discrimination lawsuit, brought forward by former University budget analyst Kate McKinley, be dismissed. The lawsuit, filed on Aug. 16, alleged that the University fired McKinley due to her religious objections to the COVID-19 vaccine employee requirement and other pandemic protocols.
McKinley was provided with a religious exemption from receiving the vaccine, but further requested exemptions from testing, mask-wearing, and contact tracing. The University’s filing notes that McKinley did not specify her religious reasonings for requesting those subsequent accommodations. Rather, she had “generalized medical objections, including that healthy people should not have to wear masks,” according to the University.
The filing, which argues for the dismissal of McKinley’s suit, claims that Princeton did not discriminate nor retaliate against her. It states that McKinley failed to plead her claims for religious discrimination and retaliation, and that the complaint fails to meet federal pleading standards.
The initial lawsuit was filed on the grounds of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD), and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).
In an email to The Daily Princetonian, University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss said that the University has nothing to add to its initial statement on the suit.
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