KING 5. “The whole thing was pulled out from underneath me.”On Monday, Rinedahl filed a lawsuit against SPU alleging that the school illegally discriminated against him based on his sexual orientation, violating both state and local law.Last year, the U.S.
Supreme Court ruled that gay and transgender workers are protected from employment discrimination by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
But the court also found, in a separate case last year, that religious schools can treat employees as “ministers,” even if they are not directly involved with teaching religion, on the grounds that religious institutions should be allowed to determine who they employ under the so-called “ministerial exception.”Rinedahl’s attorney, Daniel Kalish, says he and.