A Texan District Judge has ordered three senior lawyers from Southwest Airlines to attend “religious liberty training” from a prominent Christian group.
Brantley Starr, the federal judge for Northern Texas, issued the order on 7 August. He gave the lawyers until 28 August to attend an eight-hour “training session” conducted by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), according to Reuters.
ADF is a high-profile, controversial conservative legal advocacy group. The group participated heavily in the efforts to restrict access to the abortion pill and in overturning of Roe v.
Wade last year. The ruling comes after Charlene Carter, a former flight attendant for Southwest Airlines, sued the airline and her former union.