“What do I want? For our government to be secular. For religious organizations to be held accountable to do no harm. For civil rights to apply to me even while working in a religious setting. As religious as I am, I don’t believe America’s legal system should be based on or biased toward Christianity, or any other religion. But we are heading in that direction.”
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Garrick v. Moody Bible Institute Case Update: In the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Janay won the decision 2-1, with every active member of the court (including the judge who dissented) declining to revisit the ruling. Click here to read the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s legal brief in support of Janay’s case.
“Title VII forbids employers from discriminating ‘against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s . . . sex.’”
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Opinion | Janay Garrick v. Moody Bible Institute, Case No. 21-2683
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit | 3.18.24
Oral Arguments | Janay Garrick v. Moody Bible Institute, Case No. 21-2683
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit | 12.5.23
Docket | Janay Garrick v. Moody Bible Institute, Case No. 21-2683
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit | 9.14.21
Federal Complaint | Garrick v. Moody Bible Institute, Case No. 1:18-cv-00573
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | 1.25.18
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