Several tweets report on a legal dispute involving a Christian minister who claims discrimination by Baptist organizations due to his beliefs on same-sex relationships. The minister alleges defamation and job loss by the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. US appeals court panels are divided on whether the Baptist group can be sued over false claims.
A 5th Circuit panel appeared divided over whether the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention was shielded from a minister's lawsuit accusing it of defaming him and causing the state-level organization to fire him. Subscribe: https://t.co/CVa118JdpM https://t.co/NLv4iDQL2M
A 5th Circuit panel seemed divided over whether a minister, Will McRaney, can sue the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. The lawsuit said the convention defamed him and caused the state-level group that he ran to fire him https://t.co/GZNqJlqIow https://t.co/ERx3kI4zT6
A U.S. appeals court panel seemed divided over whether a major Baptist organization is shielded from a lawsuit by a minister who says the group made false claims about him that led him to lose his job @DanWiessner https://t.co/GZNqJlqIow https://t.co/EbxBILUsJy