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re: Fayetteville's Anti-Discrimination Ordinance... repealed.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 1:05 pm to Hog on the Hill
Posted on 12/12/14 at 1:05 pm to Hog on the Hill
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Cool. Ordinance 119 wouldn't have changed any of that. See my post at the top of the page.
Maybe I'm wrong but not from how I read it. It allowed exemptions for ministers(not forcing them to administer same sex marriages), but not private schools or "non-secular" church positions.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 1:29 pm to GoldenSombrero
quote:From the ordinance:
Maybe I'm wrong but not from how I read it. It allowed exemptions for ministers(not forcing them to administer same sex marriages), but not private schools or "non-secular" church positions.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit a religious or denominational institution from selecting or rejecting applicants and employees for non-secular positions on the basis of the applicant's or employee's conformance with the institution's religious or denominational principles.
I'm under the impression that a private religious school or daycare would be considered non-secular since religious instruction is typically part of the curriculum. I guess if a janitor came out as gay then the daycare couldn't fire him since I'm not sure how one would argue 'janitor' is a non-secular position.
You're correct about religious organizations not being forced to open their doors for ceremonies or meetings, like marriages. That part is really explicit in the ordinance.
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