Lesbian fired by Baptist agency to get day in court

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 31 that a lawsuit filed by taxpayers to end state funding of Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children — now known as Sunrise Children’s Services –can move forward.

It overturned a decision by a lower court last year to dismiss the case following a Supreme Court ruling that narrowed taxpayers’ rights to sue over allegations of state-sponsored religion.

The lead plaintiff in the lawsuit is Alicia Pedreira, who was fired from her job as a family specialist at Spring Meadows Children’s Home after her employers found out she was a lesbian. Her termination notice said she was fired because her “homosexual lifestyle” was contrary to the agency’s values. A later policy announcement cited KBHC’s “Christian values.”

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