A federal appeals court was asked Thursday to deny tax funding to a Baptist childcare agency that Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the American Civil Liberties Union say proselytizes youngsters in its care and fires gay employees.
The lawsuit asserts that Kentucky Baptist Homes has no right to accept public funding while imposing religious dogma on the children in its programs, and that the Homes’ religion-based anti-gay employment policy violates civil rights laws….