Indy Star Employees Lose Religious Discrimination Claims

In Patterson v. Indiana Newspapers, Inc., (SD IN, March 27, 2008), an Indiana federal district court rejected religious discrimination claims brought by two editorial employees against the publisher of the Indianapolis Star newspaper. Plaintiffs alleged that the newspaper's president and vice president conspired to force them out of their jobs because the executives disagreed with plaintiffs' religious opposition to homosexuality. Plaintiffs also claimed that the Star has more generally attempted to eliminate Christians from its workforce. The court found, however, that the newspaper had other legitimate non-pretextual reasons to take action against plaintiffs. [Thanks to Sarah Pulliam for the lead.]