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The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not review a case involving Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission, which was sued in 2017 over its anti-LGBTQ+ hiring policy after it declined to hire a bisexual lawyer who applied for a job.
Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas agreed with the decision not to hear the case at this stage. But according to The Associated Press, they said that “the day may soon come” when the court needs to confront the issue the case presents.
The Seattle-based Christian organization filed a petition in August 2021, asking the Supreme Court to decide a case in which the Washington Supreme Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, attorney Matt Woods, in March 2021.
Letting the Washington Supreme Court’s decision stand could potentially create a path for more LGBTQ+ employees to work for religious social service agencies in Washington state.
“Lately seeing all kinds of anti-trans bills passing around the country and protections for queer people being threatened,” Woods said, “it was a big relief to see today that the Washington Supreme Court’s decision protecting LGBTQ people from employment discrimination will not be challenged at the Supreme Court.”...
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