SEATTLE (AP) — More than two years after a judge threw out a bisexual attorney’s lawsuit against Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission over its anti-LGBTQ hiring policy, the Washington Supreme Court has ordered the case back to a lower court. The Seattle Times reports attorney Matt Woods sued the homeless shelter and service organization when the nonprofit refused to hire him to its free legal aid clinic after he disclosed his same-sex relationship. King County Superior Court Judge Karen Donohue dismissed Woods’ suit, agreeing with the mission that, as a religious nonprofit employer, it is exempt from the state’s anti-discrimination law. The Washington Supreme Court’s decision questions whether that exemption applies to a staff attorney at a legal aid clinic.
Gospel Mission anti-LGBTQ hiring policy suit to be reviewed
