BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE re. OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL ET AL v. DARRYL BIEL, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF KRISTEN BIEL
March 11, 2020
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Case No. 19-267 and 19-348

In Lady of Guadalupe, a former elementary school teacher at a Catholic school was terminated after telling the school that she had cancer and would need to miss class in order to undergo chemotherapy. A second teacher sued for age discrimination in her firing. The issue before the Supreme Court is whether the First Amendment’s Religion Clause prohibits lay teachers at religious elementary schools from bringing employment discrimination claims. This amicus brief argues that civil courts can and should hear disability and age discrimination claims in accordance with neutral principles cases, in part because sex abuse cases show us that it is important to protect victims from harm, even by religious actors.

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