The nation’s premier Christian university is being sued for remaining true to its doctrinal statement and Christian mission after terminating an individual from his position for intentionally setting up the university to advance his LGBT agenda.
In response, we are fighting for the case to be dropped and for religious liberty to be upheld to ensure religious institutions are able to operate in accordance with their Christian faith and doctrine, a right secured by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, federal Title VII employment law, and the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
The case, Zinski v. Liberty University, is a setup by Jonathan Zinski and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to push their LGBT agenda on Christian schools, churches, and organizations. Many legal scholars are closely watching this case because of its far-reaching legal implications.
Four months before Zinski applied to work at Liberty University, he began taking female hormones. He knew the university’s doctrinal position and agreed to adhere to the doctrine and Christian mission. But as soon as his 90-day probation ended, Zinski revealed his secret to the university and then demanded Liberty University depart from its doctrine and mission.
All new hires are required to sign a doctrinal statement agreeing to abide by Liberty University’s deeply held religious beliefs as a condition of employment. The doctrinal statement clearly states that human beings were directly created, not evolved, in the very image of God, as either biologically male or female from the womb, and that it is a sinful act prohibited by God to deny one’s birth sex by self-identification with a different gender.
Zinski acknowledged all of this despite knowing that he was four months into executing his plan to act in opposition to Liberty University’s doctrinal statement and employment requirements by denying his biological sex.