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Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Lesbians may apply after all

SEATTLE — A federal judge vacated his original ruling upholding a Christian aid organization’s decision to rescind a job offer to a married lesbian. The organization based its decision on a facially discriminatory policy that would not apply if the applicant was man, and the Church Autonomy Doctrine does not protect facially discriminatory policies applied to non-ministerial employees.

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