A petition for certiorari (full text) was filed yesterday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Gordon College v. DeWeese-Boyd, (cert. filed 8/2/2021). In the case, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that the ministerial exception does not apply in a suit by an associate professor of social work at a private Christian liberal arts college who claims her promotion to full professor was denied because of her vocal opposition to the school's policies on LGBTQ individuals. The court concluded that the faculty member was not a ministerial employee. (See prior posting.) ADF issued a press release announcing the filing of the petition for review.
