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Bellevue Kicks Gay Coach Out of League

A follow-up to a story we brought you earlier. Yesterday we told you about a softball coach who says a Cordova church kicked her team out of their league because she is gay. A spokesman for Bellevue Baptist Church did not want to comment on the accusations, but an attorney says state and federal anti-discrimination laws would not cover Jana Jacobson’s claims.

“So far the federal and state laws have not gotten to the point of including sexual orientation as a protected class under the federal Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which is generally what is used,” explained Memphis attorney D’Army Bailey. "I would think that [Jacobson’s] best route would be civil litigation based upon contract rights.”

Jacobson said the team paid Bellevue a $350 registration fee to join the league after they learned it was open to the community.

“If these players have made an agreement with the church to provide them with an opportunity to participate and that contract was breached without good reason, then they may have recourse under our civil laws for breach of contract,” Bailey said.

He said churches are not exempt from the law.
Sexual Orientation Discrimination Not Mentioned In Tennessee Law|myEyewitnessNews.com, Memphis News, Entertainment, Videos, Business Search and Shopping

So, the entire team may still have a route to go after that evil doer church. They wouldn't get much but, it would be a small message.

Makes sense. After all, we are talking about Tennessee.
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The church should pay back the 350 if they have not already.
 
It's a Conservative Church Softball League. That means Families, Flags, and Apple Pie. They don't want deviant behavior around them, their families or to been seen as supporting a sinful life.
Hahaha

"...do not spare them, put to death men, women, children, infants..." 1 Samuel 15:3


"Now kill all the boys and all the women who have slept with a man. Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves."
Numbers 31:7

So much for not wanting deviant behavior around kids - these idiots whine about what two adults do in their private life, but they teach kids that there is "virtue" in a book with commands like these. Talk about deviant behavior. :doh:

That's how it is for them. That you people **** on their beliefs because you want YOUR beliefs to force them to change is sick. They are hurting no one,
I disagree. Personally I believe that extremist groups like this hurt their kids by raising them in an environment that espouses such ****ed up views on "morality". As for your "family, flags and apple pie" bull****, you don't know jack. Most of these extremist groups hate America and real families deep down. They just use the flag because it's an inspirational symbol, and their idea of "families" are just where a couple who doesn't care jack about their kids trains them to serve their cult. As far as actual family love goes, to cults that's a bad thing since it discourages individualism and loyalty to something other than your organization.

I guess you've never even been to a radical Baptist church, so spare me this Christo-fascist propaganda bull****. The American Nazi Party says it cares about "family values and patriotism" too - so did Stalin.

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and this team can find a league that is less concerned with who is playing and more concerned with softball.
Good idea. They shouldn't have had anything to do with this bunch of weirdos to begin with.
 
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