The follower of the "Billy Graham rule" has filed a lawsuit claiming he was discriminated against for his faith.
A North Carolina man fired as a sheriff’s deputy after refusing to train a new female officer because of her gender alleges in a lawsuit he is a victim of religious discrimination.
The suit, filed in federal court in North Carolina on July 31, also names as defendants two other small towns Torres says subsequently denied him a job because of his religious beliefs about interacting with women. He seeks more than 300,000 in damages, as well as reinstatement by the sheriff’s office.
Becoming known as the “Billy Graham rule,” it was spotlighted in 2017 when Vice President Mike Pence’s adherence to the practice gained attention. And it was the subject of renewed focus earlier this summer when a Mississippi gubernatorial candidate, Robert Foster, cited the rule as the reason for not letting a female journalist shadow him on a campaign trip .
He asked the sheriff’s office to exempt him from training the female deputy in July 2017, but his request was refused. At least one higher-up expressed “anger” at his repeated requests for accommodation, the lawsuit states.
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