Woman Fired Over Same-Sex Marriage Sues NJ Catholic School

HACKENSACK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A woman is suing a Roman Catholic school in New Jersey, alleging the school violated the state's discrimination law when she was fired because she's married to a woman.

But an attorney for Paramus Catholic High School on Friday will ask a judge to dismiss Kate Drumgoole's suit. In court papers, the lawyer argues Drumgoole was dismissed for failing to abide by the tenets of the faith when she entered into a same-sex marriage and not because of her sexual orientation.

Drumgoole tells The Record  newspaper she was fired as dean of guidance and head coach of the basketball team in January after administrators learned she was married to a woman.

Drumgoole says other faculty members remain employed even though they don't abide by the church's tenets.

She said such violations of the Catholic faith include faculty members being divorced, having children out of wedlock, and cohabitating with members of the opposite sex.

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