Teacher fired by Catholic school after artificial insemination

[joeybee12]

teacher fired after becoming pregnant through artificial insemination was expected to tell jurors her version of events as the trial in her lawsuit against a Roman Catholic archdiocese and two of its schools entered its second day.

Christa Dias has sued the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the schools over her 2010 dismissal, contending they fired her simply because she was pregnant and unmarried. Her attorney, Robert Klingler, told a federal jury in opening statements Tuesday that the firing violated federal law prohibiting pregnancy discrimination. The trial was set to continue on Wednesday.

The archdiocese's attorney, Steve Goodin, told jurors "there was no discrimination," saying Dias was fired for violating a contract that he says required her to abide by Catholic doctrine. The archdiocese has said that artificial insemination violates that doctrine and is immoral.

Dias, who is not Catholic, alleges in her lawsuit that church policy is not enforced equally against men and women. A man formerly employed in youth ministry at a suburban Dayton parish within the archdiocese testified in a sworn video deposition Tuesday. He testified that some church officials were aware that he and his wife used artificial insemination when they were trying to have a child and that he was not fired or disciplined in any way.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/29/18587238-teacher-fired-by-catholic-school-after-artificial-insemination?lite

I don't know if there's a Catholic War on Women by itself, or if it's part of the larger Repukelicon War Against Women.

[In_The_Wind]

1. I hope Dias wins her case.

[niyad]

2. the catholic war on women has been going on for far longer than the puke one.

[HockeyMom]

3. Read where a male married teacher at her school

his wife had IVF treatment to get pregnant. True, or a loophole since his wife wasn't an employee and not under that "morals" clause.

[LeftyMom]

4. The male employee would have had to commit the sin of onan as part of the process.

Of course then they'd have to fire every male employee ever.