New Jersey school district hit with multiple lawsuits after firing gay superintendent
A New Jersey school district faces legal action from three separate lawsuits filed this year, following the firing of its openly gay school superintendent.
A New Jersey school district faces legal action from three separate lawsuits filed this year, following the firing of its openly gay school superintendent.
In a lawsuit filed in May, John Berenato, the former superintendent of the Manchester Township School District, accused the district of sexual orientation discrimination that led to his firing in November of last year.
He accounted experiencing “open hostility and bias" and claimed that the district had caved to "local political pressure" that sought to prevent "those with different sexual orientations" from working in the district's administration.
The Manchester Township offices of the Board of Education in Manchester, N.J.Google MapsAccording to court documents, board members expressed religious beliefs in opposition to homosexuality and discussed fears of Berenato “pushing a gay agenda.”
The complaint alleges that Diane Pedroza, the current superintendent, expressed not wanting the district's curriculum to become "too gay."
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