When offered the IT job that required him to interact with students, Jonathan Zinski readily signed a doctrinal statement agreeing to abide by the university’s deeply held religious beliefs as a condition of employment.

That doctrinal statement clearly states that human beings are 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.

But Jonathan lied when he signed that statement. He had been taking female hormones for four months prior to the job offer, and secretly continued with his plans to change his name and undergo surgery after signing the doctrinal statement and starting his job.

Ten days after Jonathan’s 90-day probationary period ended, he dropped the bomb meant to execute his plan. In a letter to the school, Jonathan admitted he had been deceiving the Christian university and demanded that the school abandon its doctrine, allowing him to dress like a woman and be called “Ellenor” at work.

And because Liberty University offers health insurance to full-time employees, Jonathan also expected this Christian university’s health insurance to pay for his unnecessary and dangerous surgeries and drugs.

School officials informed Jonathan that his path was inconsistent with Liberty University’s sincere religious convictions and doctrinal requirements, and as a result, his employment was terminated.

Jonathan set up this case with the ACLU and quickly sued the school.

Don’t let the ACLU shut down Christian education!

The entire case, Zinski v. Liberty University, is a setup designed to force not only Liberty University but ALL Christian institutions to abandon the Word of God, and instead adopt the LGBTQ’s radical, gender-bending ideology.

Many legal scholars are closely watching this case because it has the potential to set major precedent for the nation. This is the tip of the spear where the LGBTQ agenda collides with religious freedom. We will not allow the ACLU to crush Christian organizations.

This case has now caught the attention of the worldwide media, including Voice of America, which reaches over 326 million people per week in 48 languages.

Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Liberty has the right to uphold its sincere Christian religious beliefs and doctrinal statement and to require its employees to do the same.

This case should be dismissed. However, even if dismissed, it is almost certain that the ACLU will appeal. And that’s fine, Liberty Counsel is ready, willing, and uniquely able to fight for Christian universities and institutions all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

We need your help to defend the faith. Since our founding in 1989, Liberty Counsel has won 37 cases we argued or briefed before the U.S. Supreme Court and has racked up countless more wins before State Supreme Courts and in the Courts of Appeals. We’re not done winning yet. But we cannot do this work without YOU, the faithful Liberty Counsel supporter.

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Finally, despite the outcome of Tuesday’s election, our culture remains deeply broken, as this latest case reveals. Please join me in continuing to pray in the spirit of 2 Chronicles 7:14:

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

SOURCE:

“Liberty University Employment Lawsuit Should Be Dismissed.” Liberty Counsel, October 3, 2024. Lc.org/newsroom/details/100324-liberty-university-employment-lawsuit-should-be-dismissed.