LYNCHBURG, Virginia – In a case pitting religious freedom against transgender ideology, one of the country’s largest Christian universities is being sued by a former employee over the school’s decision to fire her once she began to transition to a woman.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Liberty University on Friday to appeal a lawsuit from the former employee, giving the religious school a second chance to prove the former employee violated the university’s doctrinal statement and religious policy on gender.
Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, spoke exclusively with the Washington Examiner, saying the case has significant implications for Liberty University’s right to uphold its Christian doctrine against transgender ideologies.
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“If Liberty University were to lose this case, it would be catastrophic,”
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