This week’s developments include…

• Media coverage
  • Religion News Service. “Washington state seeks dismissal of SPU’s suit claiming religious rights violations.”
• SPU community statements
  • Op-ed in The Seattle Times. “At SPU, a struggle between competing visions of Christianity.”
  • SPU Faculty Action website launches

For more information on LGBTQ+ discrimination at Seattle Pacific University, see The Story So Far.

This week’s developments include…

• Media coverage
  • Insight into Diversity. “LGBTQ+ Students Lead the Charge for Equal Rights at Religious Colleges and Universities.”
• Legal documents
  • Seattle Pacific University v. Robert Ferguson
    • Notice of appearance
    • Defendant’s motion to dismiss
      • Attachment: Proposed order granting defendant’s motion to dismiss
• Board of Trustees & SPU administration statements
  • “Misrepresenting Seattle Pacific’s Reasons for Suing Its State“

For more information on LGBTQ+ discrimination at Seattle Pacific University, see The Story So Far.

This week’s developments include…

• Media coverage
  • HR Dive. “Seattle Pacific University says state attorney general’s investigation into hiring policies violates religious rights.”

For more information on LGBTQ+ discrimination at Seattle Pacific University, see The Story So Far.

This week’s developments include…

• Media coverage
  • Inside Higher Ed. “Seattle Pacific Sues Washington AG.”
  • NBC News. “Washington state probes Christian university’s anti-LGBTQ employment policy.”
  • Real Change. “SPU attempts to stop state’s investigation of university’s hiring practices.”
  • Sojourners. “Under Investigation for Discrimination, Seattle Pacific University Sues.”
• Legal documents
  • Seattle Pacific University v. Robert Ferguson
    • Declaration of service
    • Notice of appearance

For more information on LGBTQ+ discrimination at Seattle Pacific University, see The Story So Far.

This week’s developments include…

• Media coverage
  • Religion News Service. “Seattle Pacific University Sues Washington State over Probe into LGBTQ Exclusion.”
  • KING 5. “Seattle Pacific University Files Lawsuit as AG Investigates Policy Prohibiting Staff from Same-Sex Activity.”
  • CNN. “Seattle Pacific University under Investigation for Anti-LGBTQ Hiring Policy, State AG Confirms.”
  • KOMO News. “AG Ferguson’s Office Confirms Civil Rights Investigation into Seattle Pacific University.”
  • FOX 13. “Attorney General Opens Civil Rights Investigation into Seattle Pacific University, SPU Sues in Return.”
  • KUOW. “Washington AG Investigating Seattle Pacific University for Potential Discrimination.”
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education. “A Private University Drew a State Investigation for Its Anti-LGBTQ Policy. So It’s Suing.”
  • Inside Higher Ed. “Seattle Pacific Sues Washington AG.”
  • The Seattle Times. “Seattle Pacific University Sues WA Attorney General, Saying Probe into LGBTQ+ Policies Violates Religious Freedom.”
• Legal documents
  • Seattle Pacific University v. Robert Ferguson
    • Complaint
    • Plaintiff’s corporate disclosure statement
    • Application for leave to appear pro hac vice 1
    • Application for leave to appear pro hac vice 2
    • Summons in a civil action
    • Minute order regarding discovery and depositions
    • Order regarding initial disclosures, joint status report, and early settlement
    • Case/IFP deficiency letter
    • Notice of appearance
• Board of Trustees & SPU administration statements
  • “Update on legal actions“

For more information on LGBTQ+ discrimination at Seattle Pacific University, see The Story So Far.

This week’s developments include…

• Media coverage
  • Sojourners. “Protests, Pride Flags, Lawsuits: Inside a Christian University’s Fight for LGBTQ Inclusion.”

For more information on LGBTQ+ discrimination at Seattle Pacific University, see The Story So Far.

This week’s developments include…

• Media coverage
  • Seventeen. “Chloe Guillot and Pamela Styborski Fight Back Against Their College’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Hiring Policy.”
  • The Lawrence Times. “New KU Endowment President Left West Coast University That’s Been Criticized for Anti-LGBTQ Policies.”

For more information on LGBTQ+ discrimination at Seattle Pacific University, see The Story So Far.

This week’s developments include…

• Media coverage
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education. “This University Upheld Its Anti-LGBTQ Policy. Students and Faculty Say It’s Time to Change.”

For more information on LGBTQ+ discrimination at Seattle Pacific University, see The Story So Far.

This week’s developments include…

• Media coverage
  • Religion News Service. “Students at Seattle Pacific University End Sit-in, Plan to Sue over LGBTQ Exclusion.”

For more information on LGBTQ+ discrimination at Seattle Pacific University, see The Story So Far.

This week’s developments include…

• Media coverage
  • Religion News Service. “Seattle Pacific University Students Continue Sit-in after Viral Graduation Protest.”
  • The Washington Post. “They Protested with Pride Flags at Graduation. Their Fight Isn’t Over.”

For more information on LGBTQ+ discrimination at Seattle Pacific University, see The Story So Far.