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Home/Churches and Ministries/Federal Court Rules Fuller Seminary Can Expel Two Students Who Entered Into Gay Marriage

Federal Court Rules Fuller Seminary Can Expel Two Students Who Entered Into Gay Marriage

Ruling recognizes religious liberty exemption for faith-based schools.

Written by Christopher Vondracek | Monday, October 12, 2020

While describing the anti-LGBTQ discrimination as “undisputed,” Judge Marshall wrote that federal law nevertheless protects organization’s conduct motivated by sincerely held, faith-based beliefs within the context of a religious educational institution. “The Court is not permitted to scrutinize the interpretation [the seminary] gives to its religious beliefs,” the judge wrote in Wednesday’s order.

 

A federal court in California this week ruled in favor of a Christian seminary that expelled two seminarians who had entered into gay marriages in violation of the school’s opposition to same-sex unions.

Attorneys representing Fuller Theological Seminary said the ruling marks the first time a federal court has recognized a religious liberty exemption for faith-based educational institutions.

“It would create a huge establishment clause [issue] if you have government agents going in and telling a seminary how to do their job and practice their faith,” Daniel Blomberg, a senior attorney for the religious liberty law firm Becket who represented the seminary, told The Washington Times.

In a 19-page order dismissing the lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall cited a religious exemption to federal education rules against sex-based discrimination.

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