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Legal experts question judge's order telling Southwest lawyers to get religious-liberty training

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A judge’s order requiring “religious-liberty training” by a conservative Christian group is stirring debate among legal scholars.

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  1. Judge Orders Southwest Airlines Attorneys To Take Conservative Christian Group’s Religious Training

    Headline from Forbes ·

  2. Southwest Airlines appeals order requiring its lawyers to take 'religious liberty training'

    Headline from NBC News ·

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    Legal experts question judge's order telling Southwest lawyers to get religious-liberty training

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  1. Forbes

    Judge Orders Southwest Airlines Attorneys To Take Conservative Christian Group’s Religious Training (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The ruling comes after Southwest Airlines allegedly fired a woman for criticizing union members’ decisions to participate in a 2017 Women’s March sponsored by Planned Parenthood.

  2. Salon

    Trump judge forces Southwest attorneys to get "religious liberty training" from Christian hate group (opens Salon)

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    Salon's feed description

    "Brantley Starr's order would let courts force lawyers to undergo religious indoctrination sessions," analyst warns.

  3. Hot Air

    Court orders lawyers for Southwest Airlines to take religious freedom classes -- from ADF (opens Hot Air)

    Published

  4. PJ Media

    Federal Judge Orders Southwest Airlines Attorneys to Attend 'Religious Liberty Training' From Conservative Group (opens PJ Media)

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    PJ Media's feed description

    Judge Starr apparently took it upon himself to include the religious liberty training in the sanctions against the Southwest lawyers. And those sanctions -- regardless

  5. NBC News

    Southwest Airlines appeals order requiring its lawyers to take 'religious liberty training' (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Three senior lawyers were instructed to attend an eight-hour training conducted by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).

  6. NBC4 Washington

    Legal experts question judge's order telling Southwest lawyers to get religious-liberty training (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    A judge’s order requiring “religious-liberty training” by a conservative Christian group is stirring debate among legal scholars.

  7. Fortune

    Southwest Airlines lawyers have been ordered to get ‘religious-liberty training.’ The choice of instructor is raising eyebrows (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    The judge “could have avoided criticism by ordering this from someone who is a little more neutral,” said one legal expert.

  8. Fortune

    Trump-appointed judge in Southwest Airlines case orders lawyers to undergo 'religious-liberty training' by conservative Christian group (opens Fortune)

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    The judge had found the airline in contempt for defying an order over a flight attendant's legal claim that she was fired for opposing abortion.

  9. New York Post

    Judge orders Southwest lawyers to take ‘religious-liberty’ classes with conservative Christian legal group (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    A Trump-apppointed judge ordered Southwest lawyers to undergo “religious-liberty training” with a conservative Christian legal group after a flight attendant was fired over her anti-abo…

  10. The Daily Caller

    Judge Orders 3 Southwest Lawyers Take Religious Liberty Training After Trampling On First Amendment (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    A federal judge ordered three Southwest Airlines lawyers to undergo "religious-liberty training" after it fired an attendant who had anti-abortion beliefs.

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