The Nation - News from Aug. 22, 1985
The Christian Science Monitor had a right to fire lesbian reporter Christine Madsen because members of the newspaper’s staff are employees of the Christian Science Church, which enforces specific standards of sexual morality, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled. Courts do not have the right to interfere in such ecclesiastical decisions, it said in dismissing a $1-million suit. But it added that Madsen could seek damages under common law for invasion of privacy and emotional distress.
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