Legal Opinion
Presbytery of New Jersey of Orthodox Presbyterian Church v. Whitman
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 25, 1996No. 95-5706Unknown
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.
The. Presbytery of New Jersey of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Wildwood, and the Reverend David B. Cummings filed suit challenging the sexual orientation provisions of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. The district court dismissed their facial First Amendment challenge and abstained from deciding their “as applied” challenge. For reasons somewhat different from those given by the district court, we will affirm.
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In 1992, the New Jersey Legislature added “affectional and sexual orientation” to the…
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