US Department of Justice supports Indianapolis Archdiocese in firing of gay teacher

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from USA Today,
9/27/19:

The Justice Department on Friday issued a statement of interest in support of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in its ongoing dispute with a former Catholic school teacher who alleges he was wrongfully terminated because he was in a same-sex marriage. The United States has a “substantial interest in religious liberty,” the Justice Department says.

It was not immediately clear how binding the DOJ’s statement is, or what impact it will have on Payne-Elliott’s suit.

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