CONLON v. INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

No. 14-1549.

777 F.3d 829 (2015)

Alyce T. CONLON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP/USA, Fred Bailey, And Marc Papai, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 5, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Katherine Smith Kennedy , Pinsky, Smith, Fayette & Kennedy, LLP, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant. Michelle K. Terry , American Center For Law & Justice, Franklin, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Katherine Smith Kennedy , Pinsky, Smith, Fayette & Kennedy, LLP, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant. Michelle K. Terry , David A. French , Abigail A. Southerland , American Center For Law & Justice, Franklin, Tennessee, Edward L. White III , American Center For Law & Justice, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellees. David A. Cortman , Kevin H. Theriot , Alliance Defending Freedom, Lawrenceville, Georgia, David J. Hacker , Alliance Defending Freedom, Folsom, California, Kimberlee Wood Colby , Center For Law & Religious Freedom Of The Christian Legal Society, Springfield, Virginia, for Amici Curiae.

BATCHELDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which BECKWITH, D.J., joined, and ROGERS, J., joined in part. ROGERS, J. (pg.12), delivered a separate opinion concurring in parts I, II, III.E, and the result.


OPINION

Alyce Conlon worked at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA ("IVCF") in Michigan as a spiritual director, involved in providing religious counsel and prayer. She informed IVCF that she was contemplating divorce, at which point IVCF put her on paid — and later unpaid — leave. When...

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