A Christian nonprofit overseen by theologian Christopher Yuan has filed a lawsuit in opposition to a California-based know-how firm, accusing it of non secular discrimination.
Yuan’s group, Holy Sexuality, filed a grievance in opposition to Asana, Inc. of San Francisco on Tuesday in america District Courtroom of the Southern District of California.
In line with the lawsuit, Asana refused to offer Holy Sexuality a 50% nonprofit low cost for the corporate’s undertaking administration software program because of the non secular nature of the group.
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The lawsuit cited an entry on Asana’s web site which excludes from their low cost “organizations that exist to solely propagate a perception in a selected religion or don’t present providers to individuals exterior of a selected religion.”
Asana additionally bars from the nonprofit low cost any hospitals, credit score unions, instructional establishments, and any teams “that advocate, assist, or follow discrimination primarily based on age, ethnicity, gender, nationwide origin, incapacity, race, dimension, faith, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.”
The grievance claims that the barring of Holy Sexuality and different non secular teams from the nonprofit low cost constitutes “invidious non secular discrimination” and is “unlawful below California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act.”
“Individuals of religion aren’t second-class residents in California, and tech firms in San Francisco can’t present lesser providers to prospects just because they’re non secular,” added the lawsuit.
“This Courtroom ought to thus grant judgment in favor of Holy Sexuality, declare Asana’s discriminatory denial and printed coverage illegal, enjoin that coverage, order Asana to take away its discriminatory ads and to rethink Holy Sexuality’s software, and award Holy Sexuality damages and lawyer’s charges.”
Holy Sexuality is being represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a spiritual freedom authorized nonprofit, which has argued and received non secular liberty instances on the U.S. Supreme Courtroom degree.
In an ADF press launch on Tuesday, Yuan mentioned that he believes america “was based on the precept of the free train of faith — a cornerstone of our democracy.”
“But some firms, emboldened by intersectional ideology and anti-Christian sentiment, select to unlawfully discriminate primarily based solely on faith,” acknowledged Yuan. “This should cease. California legislation protects all religions from discrimination. Equal remedy is the bedrock of our society.”
The Christian Submit reached out to Asana, Inc. for remark however didn’t obtain remark by press time. This text shall be up to date if remark is acquired.
Yuan is the writer of Out of a Far Nation, a ebook that describes his expertise from being an agnostic gay to turning into a Christian pastor, writer and theologian.
In 2018, Yuan launched a ebook, titled Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Intercourse, Need, and Relationships Formed by God’s Grand Story, by which he outlined his idea of “holy sexuality.”
“I outline ‘holy sexuality’ — not heterosexuality, not homosexuality, however holy sexuality — as chastity in singleness and faithfulness in marriage,” Yuan advised The Christian Submit in an interview on the time.
