MASSACHUSETTS
NECN
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By Alysha Palumbo
It’s a victory for a Massachusetts man denied employment based on his sexual orientation.
A Massachusetts Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that the all-girls Catholic high school Fontbonne Academy in Milton had violated anti-discrimination laws when it rescinded a 2013 Food Services Director job offer to Matthew Barrett after he listed his husband as his emergency contact.
“What the court focused on was that this person’s job has nothing to do with religion. Fontbonne can’t simply deem all of their employees to be ministers when their job has nothing to do with religion,” GLAD attorney Ben Klein said.
Barrett, a Dorchester resident, told necn earlier this month that the case has been “very emotional.”
Through his GLAD attorneys, Barrett said he’s “ecstatic” with the ruling.
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