EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellant

TRASK, Circuit Judge:

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This is an appeal from the district court’s holding that Pacific Press Publishing Association (“Press”), a nonprofit religious publishing house, violated section 703(a) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2(a) (1976), 1 by denying Lorna Tobler monetary allowances paid to similarly situated male employees. Press also was held in violation of section 704(a) of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-3(a) (1976), 2 for terminating Tobler’s employment in retaliation for her filing charges and participating in proceedings under the Act. Because Congress clearly…