A catholic school teacher says the archdiocese fired her after seeing a picture of her kissing her same-sex partner.
Maggie Barton was a technology and media teacher at the All Souls Catholic School in Englewood, Colorado. For six years, she taught kindergarten through 8th-grade classes. She called the school community her "second family."
She was fired after the archdiocese was sent an image of her kissing her same-sex partner. The image was taken from the partner's social media account, Barton said.
Federal anti-discrimination laws prevent public schools from firing LGBTQ+ teachers over their sexual orientation and gender identity. But because religious schools are privately owned, they do not have to adhere to those laws.
