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WOODS v. SEATTLE'S UNION GOSPEL MISSION

No. 96132-8.

481 P.3d 1060 (2021)

Matthew S. WOODS, an individual, Appellant, v. SEATTLE'S UNION GOSPEL MISSION, a Washington nonprofit, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: March 4, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Denise Diskin , QLaw Foundation of Washington, 101 Yesler Way Ste. 300, Seattle, WA, 98104-2552, Sara B. Amies , Seattle Employment Law Group, PLLC, 705 2nd Ave. Ste. 1200, Seattle, WA, 98104-1798, Andrew J.D. Kashyap , Attorney at Law, 907 Pine St., Suite 500, Seattle, WA, 98101-1818, for Appellant.

Nathaniel Lee Taylor , Abigail Jane St. Hilaire , Ellis Li & McKinstry PLLC, 1700 Seventh Ave. Ste. 1810, Seattle, WA, 98101, for Respondent.

Steven Timothy Mcfarland , World Vision, 300 I St. NE, Washington, DC, 20002-4342, Kimberlee Wood Colby , Christian Legal Society, 8001 Braddock Road Suite 302, Springfield, VA, 22151, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Assoc. of Christian Schools International, Agudath Israel, Bellevue Christian School, Christian Legal Society, Crista Ministries, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of Southern Baptist, General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Nat'l Assoc. of Evangelicals, Northshore Christian Academy, Northwest University, Seattle Christian School, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, and World Vision, Inc.

Eric Evan Johnson , Sherman & Howard LLC, 633 Seventeenth St. Ste. 3000, Denver, CO, 80202-3622, Stuart J. Lark , Sherman & Howard LLC, 90 South Cascade Avenue, Suite 1500, Colorado, CO, 80903, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Christian Colleges & Universities, Samaritan's Purse, Christian Care Ministry, Orchard Alliance, Mount Hermon Association, Oc International, The Navigators, and Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

Jeffrey Lowell Needle , Attorney at Law, 705 2nd Ave. Ste. 1050, Seattle, WA, 98104-1759, Jesse Andrew Wing , MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, 705 2nd Ave. Ste. 1500, Seattle, WA, 98104-1745, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Employment Lawyers Association.

Isaac Ruiz , Ruiz & Smart PLLC, 1200 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1220, Seattle, WA, 98101, Gabriel Ernest Verdugo , Keller Rohrback LLP, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 3200, Seattle, WA, 98101-3052, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Center for Justice, Entre Hermonas, Gender Justice League, Greater Seattle Business Association, Ingersoll Gender Center, Lavender Rights Project, and Legal Counsel for Youth and Children.

Kristen Kellie Waggoner , Alliance Defending Freedom, 15100 N. 90th St., Scottsdale, AZ, 85260, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Citygate Network.

David Knox Dewolf , Albrecht Law PLLC, 5105 E. Third Avenue, Suite 101, Spokane Valley, WA, 99212, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Legal Educators.

George M. Ahrend , Ahrend Law Firm PLLC, 457 1st Ave. NW, PO Box 816, Ephrata, WA, 98823-0816, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Association of Christian Schools, Assoc. for Biblical Higher Education In Canada and the US, Assoc. of Classical Christian Schools.

Lisa Nowlin , ACLU of Washington, PO Box 2728, Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of ACLU of Washington.

Lindsey Kaley , Rose Saxe, ACLU Foundation, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY, 10004, Daniel Mach , ACLU Foundation, 915 15th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20005, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of ACLU.

¶ 1 We begin with the proposition that the legislature is entitled to legislate. WASH. CONST. art. II, § 1. It is entitled to make distinctions and to carve out exceptions in its assessments of proper public policy, within the constraints of the state and federal constitutions. See, e.g., WASH. CONST. art. I, § 12...

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