A Reverend’s legal fight with Lincoln Christian University
Rev. Kalie Hargrove was a distance learner at Lincoln Christian University until the school found out she was transgender. She withdrew under pressure and is now part of a lawsuit testing the limits of anti-discrimination laws as they apply to religious institutions. She and a member of the Religious Exemption Accountability Project joined us to talk about her case and how the freedom of religion and anti-discrimination laws intersect and conflict.
GUESTS:
Reverend Kalie Hargrove (she/her)
Intern Pastor at First Christian Church of Decatur, Georgia
Joseph Baxter (he/him)
Legal Fellow, Religious Exemption Accountability Project (REAP)
Kalie Hargrove has a Title IX complaint against Lincoln Christian University — plus joined a class-action suit challenging a loophole that lets religious schools be exempted from rules that ban discrimination. https://t.co/9CErofADcE
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