Washington Supreme Court Ruled Against Seattle Homeless Ministry Over Christian Beliefs

[just-want-peace]

“A 2021 decision by the court attempts to punish the ministry for declining to hire a lawyer for its legal-aid clinic who does not share its religious beliefs. The lawyer refused to follow the code of conduct and was not active in a local church, and therefore could not provide a pastor’s name and contact information as the Mission requires of all applicants. Most problematic, the applicant said he was applying because he hoped to change the Mission’s religious beliefs.” (bolded mine)

Washington Supreme Court Ruled Against Seattle Homeless Ministry Over Christian Beliefs

When this is so obviously the aim of the left, I am totally amazed that a professing Christian can stomach progressive politics!!

 

[alexander284]

“A 2021 decision by the court attempts to punish the ministry for declining to hire a lawyer for its legal-aid clinic who does not share its religious beliefs. The lawyer refused to follow the code of conduct and was not active in a local church, and therefore could not provide a pastor’s name and contact information as the Mission requires of all applicants. Most problematic, the applicant said he was applying because he hoped to change the Mission’s religious beliefs.” (bolded mine)

Washington Supreme Court Ruled Against Seattle Homeless Ministry Over Christian Beliefs

When this is so obviously the aim of the left, I am totally amazed that a professing Christian can stomach progressive politics!!

Nothing out of Seattle or San Francisco surprises me anymore

 

[Salty]

I trust they will be appealing that to federal courts!

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

I trust they will be appealing that to federal courts!

From the article:

So the Mission is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its case.

ADF attorneys and co-counsel petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the Mission’s case on August 2, 2021.

And it’s already receiving a huge wave of support. Seventeen states, 20 current and former state legislators, and legal scholars have submitted friend-of-the-court briefs asking the Supreme Court to hear the Mission’s case.​

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

From a linked article:

A brief filed by Washington state legislators explains that the Washington Supreme Court displayed “shocking antireligious animus, and struck down the exemption on dubious state constitutional grounds. Religious social service organizations, private K-12 schools, and even houses of worship are left without legal protection from intrusive and potentially ruinous employment-related enforcement actions and lawsuits.”

Multiple briefs at US Supreme Court back freedom for homeless ministry to hire only those sharing its beliefs​