Teacher fired over pregnancy can sue religious school

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Teacher fired over pregnancy can sue religious school

By Terry Baynes

Wed May 16, 2012 2:59pm EDT

(Reuters) - An appeals court on Wednesday revived a Florida teacher's lawsuit against a Christian school that fired her after she admitted to conceiving a child before her marriage.

Overturning a lower court ruling in the school's favor, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit found that Jarretta Hamilton was entitled to a trial on her claims of pregnancy discrimination by the Southland Christian School in St. Cloud, Florida.

The fourth-grade teacher informed administrators in April 2009 that she was pregnant and needed to take maternity leave. During the conversation, she admitted that she had conceived the child three weeks before her February wedding.

The school fired her a week later. Administrator John Ennis explained that "there are consequences for disobeying the word of God," according to the court opinion.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-pregnant-teacher-lawsuit-idUSBRE84F15G20120516

[MrSlayer]

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