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A Ninth Circuit panel found Monday that a Christian ministry in Washington state had standing on its claims that the state’s anti-discrimination law may potentially unconstitutionally restrict its decisions on hiring employees.
The three-judge panel determined a federal judge in 2023 improperly dismissed a Christian ministry’s lawsuit against Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson and other state representatives and reverses that ruling. The panel held that the Union Gospel Mission of Yakima, a Christian organization in central Washington, had standing for its claims under Article III, in a case questioning the constitutionality of the Washington Law Against Discrimination.
The Washington Law Against Discrimination prohibits religious organizations from exclusively hiring employees of a certain faith unless the position is ministerial.