Court: Religious Rights Trump Transgender Discrimination Claim Against Employer
19th August 2016
U.S. District Judge Sean Cox threw out a lawsuit the federal government brought against a Detroit-area funeral home over the firing of a transgender employee. His Thursday ruling said the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to accommodate the religious beliefs of the funeral home’s owner, who said he feared violating “God’s commands” by permitting one of his directors, a biological male, to wear a skirt-suit while ministering to grieving customers.