Court backs church's right to fire teacher living with boyfriend

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Church can fire teacher living with boyfriend

SANTA ANA – An appeals court has upheld the decision of a Tustin church to fire its preschool director for continuing to live while unmarried with her boyfriend with whom she had a child.

Sara Henry, who also taught preschoolers at the Red Hill Lutheran Church in Tustin, filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the church following her dismissal in May 2009 for her living arrangements contrary to the religious beliefs of the church and its school.

An Orange County Superior Court judge in 2010 ruled in favor of the church finding it terminated Henry's employment because she violated a church precept. Henry appealed.

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"According to the church, Henry's employment was terminated not because she had a baby out of wedlock, and not because she remained unmarried, but because she continued to live with her boyfriend in a sexual relationship while unmarried," the appeals court's three judges wrote in their opinion.


http://www.ocregister.com/news/church-331245-henry-court.html

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1. Okay

I'm sure that soon this school will be making sure that all of its staff are living within the precepts of the Lutheran church...NOT!!!

It would seem the only reason the school acted is because the parents were gossiping about the teacher living out of wedlock...isn't there a passage in the Bible about not judging people?