The Indiana Supreme Court has upheld a decision from a Catholic school over their decision to fire a teacher because of his same-sex marriage.
At the direction of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Joshua Payne Elliott was discharged from his position as a world language and social studies teacher at Cathedral High School, a position he held from 2006 to 2019.
Cathedral were reportedly aware of Payne-Elliot’s marriage to his husband, a teacher at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, renewing his contract through May 2019 to include the 2019-2020 school year.
However, the archdiocese demanded both Cathedral and Brebeuf fire both men “due to the teacher being a spouse within a civilly-recognized same-sex marriage”.