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  1. May 14, 2024

    Christian Org. Staves Off Same-Sex Bias Trial With $120K Deal

    A Christian nonprofit has agreed to pay a Washington job candidate $120,000 to avoid a damages trial on claims it refused to hire her because she was in a same-sex marriage, though it said it would appeal the liability finding against it.

  2. December 18, 2023

    Biggest Washington Decisions Of 2023

    Courts in Washington state this year allowed tax hikes for investors to move forward, protected employers' rights to rely on union contracts to schedule time off and barred companies from using their religious beliefs to discriminate against secular workers. Here, Law360 takes a look at some of the biggest decisions in the Evergreen State in 2023.

  3. November 28, 2023

    Rescinding Job Offer Over Gay Marriage Unlawful, Judge Says

    A Christian nonprofit violated state and federal law when it refused to hire a customer service representative because she was in a same-sex marriage, a Washington federal judge said Tuesday, ruling the job wasn't religious enough to be exempt from civil rights law.

  4. September 25, 2023

    Religious Group Again Seeks To Avoid Gay Bias Case

    A Christian nonprofit has urged a federal judge in Washington to again throw out a discrimination case brought by a job candidate alleging she wasn't hired because she's in a same-sex marriage, arguing that the lawsuit "puts two sets of rights on a collision course."

  5. August 15, 2023

    Nonprofit's Religious Defense Curbed In Gay Bias Case

    A Christian nonprofit can't argue that religious autonomy shields it from a job candidate's suit alleging she wasn't hired because she's in a same-sex marriage, a Washington federal judge ruled, saying that line of defense is precluded by a June decision allowing the case to proceed.

  6. July 26, 2023

    Gay Bias Suit Against Christian Nonprofit Gets 2nd Chance

    A Washington federal judge reversed course on tossing a suit claiming a Christian nonprofit unlawfully refused to hire a woman in a same-sex marriage, saying the worker showed the court shouldn't have applied a standard protecting religious autonomy.