![]() ![]() For one, many members in its network do not publicize their relationship with the organization. The full database can be found hereĮxtreme anti-LGBTQ group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is stunningly opaque about its large network of affiliated lawyers, what positions of influence they hold, and what beliefs they must agree to in order to be officially tied to the group.ĪDF's lack of transparency is multifaceted. The additional report includes a database of more than 100 ADF allied attorneys, Blackstone Legal Fellows, and current and former staff who held government positions at the local, state, and federal levels in 2018. Religious exceptions in the workplace are protected under Title VII to guard employees from unjust religious discrimination.Īlliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, parental rights, and the sanctity of life.Update (5/20/19): On May 20, Media Matters published the second installment of this two-part investigation into ADF's network of allies in the government. Under Title VII, an employer must accommodate an employee’s religious practices unless the employer can prove undue hardship, which the school district failed to do. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, challenges the legality of the school district’s decision to revoke Kluge’s religious accommodation. Brownsburg Community School Corporation, filed in the U.S. ![]() The voices against tolerance and religious accommodation had won, even though no one in our society-in school or out-has a right to demand confirmation ‘of their beliefs or even their way of life.’” Kluge to leave the school and-when he refused to do so willingly-revoked the accommodation, brooked no exceptions to its transgender-affirmation rules, and forced Mr. “But after a handful of teachers and students grumbled about his religious accommodation, the district pressured Mr. Kluge asked for a modest accommodation of calling all students by their last names only, which would allow him to stay neutral on transgender issues and focus on teaching music,” the 7th Circuit brief explains. We are asking the court to reverse this unlawful decision and rule on the side of religious freedom.” The school district’s decision violates Title VII which makes it unlawful to discriminate against someone on the basis of religion. Yet the school district decided his religious views couldn’t be tolerated, revoked the accommodation based on the grumblings of a few, and forced Mr. Kluge worked out a reasonable compromise with the district and received a religious accommodation, protected under federal law, to continue teaching. Kluge affirmed students’ declared gender identities-even though this directly violated his deeply-held religious beliefs,” said ADF Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch. But the school district showed it didn’t care about those qualities it was interested only in ensuring that Mr. ![]() Kluge had an excellent reputation as a fun and caring teacher, and under his skillful direction, the Brownsburg orchestra performed better than ever before. But in response to the grumblings of a few students and faculty, the school district revoked the religious accommodation and forced Kluge to resign, ending his teaching career. The school district granted Kluge’s request based on his religious beliefs, and Kluge successfully continued teaching under the religious accommodation for an entire school year. When the school district mandated that teachers call students by their preferred gender pronouns and names, Kluge requested a religious accommodation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to call all his students by their last names only-like a coach-instead of referring to female students with male names and pronouns and vice versa. The school district forced music theory and orchestra teacher John Kluge to resign after revoking his religious accommodation over students’ pronoun usage.Īlliance Defending Freedom attorneys represent Kluge, who taught at Brownsburg High School for four years. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, asking for reversal of a lower-court decision that ended his lawsuit against the Brownsburg Community School Corporation. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – An Indiana high school music teacher filed his opening brief Friday with the U.S. ![]()
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