Seattle homeless encampment near school grows as school year set to begin Radio host Jason Rantz discusses why Seattle school board isn’t taking action towards removing homeless camp, as parents raise concerns While homelessness plagues the city of Seattle , one Christian group that looks to help those in need is fighting for the ability to hire those who share its faith and message. Seattle’s Union Gospel Homeless Mission declined to hire an applicant for a staff attorney position who was bisexual and in a relationship with a man – going against the mission’s religious lifestyle requirements. It is now turning to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Washington Supreme Court ruled that it violated Washington’s Law Against Discrimination (WLAD), claiming the mission is protected by the law’s religious exemption. JASON RANTZ: SEATTLE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT SO DANGEROUS SHERIFF TELLS STAFF TO WORK REMOTELY FOR SAFETY "Even though Washington’s Title VII analogue expressly excludes non-profit religious organizations from its definition of ‘employer’ and has done so since the law was passed over 50 years ago, the court held the statutory exemption unconstitutional as applied to a nonprofit that seeks to hire coreligionists—effectively rewriting the law," the mission argued in a […]
