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Excerpt from www.persecution.org5/15/2024 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) — The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled in favor of a Catholic school in North Carolina that fired a teacher in a same-sex relationship.
This overturned a trial court ruling that originally said Charlotte Catholic High School was not justified in firing teacher Lonnie Billard for marrying a man, despite the Catholic Church’s teachings on marriage and sexuality.
Judge Pamela Harris wrote in the majority opinion that, “the school entrusted Billard with ‘vital religious duties,’ making him a ‘messenger’ of its faith and placing him within the ministerial exception.”
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