9th Circuit sides with religious group that rescinded job offer...

[Jessica_Rose]

9th Circuit sides with religious group that rescinded job offer over worker's same-sex spouse

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Story by Bob Egelko (5 Aug 2025)

An international religious ministry that offered a woman a job as a customer-service representative was entitled to withdraw that offer after learning she was married to another woman, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, citing the Supreme Court's broad "ministerial exception" from civil rights laws.

Although the low-paying position Aubry McMahon sought with World Vision in Washington state involved only contact with donors and members of the public and would not have required her to take part in worship services, those contacts can be considered "key religious functions central to World Vision's mission," said the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

Unlike secretaries, accountants or janitors that perform in-house work, customer-service representatives are "responsible for effectively communicating World Vision's involvement in ministries and projects around the world," Judge Richard Tallman wrote in a 3-0 ruling that reversed a federal judge's decision in McMahon's favor.

Their "engagement of donors," which can include joining them in prayer, "is a form of ministry," Tallman said.

McMahon did not discuss her marital status before being offered the customer-service job, paying $13 to $15 an hour, in January 2021. Later the same day, she told World Vision that she and her wife were expecting a child in March, and asked if she could take any time off after giving birth. After conducting "internal discussions" about its policies, the court said, the ministry withdrew the job offer three days later.

[Lori Dee]

It is a shame that "religious" leaders ignore the attitudes of those who represent the teachings of Jesus. World Vision must not be a Christian ministry.

"If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge?"
~ Pope Francis

And then there is Galatians Chapter 3.

"26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,
27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."