Christian school pays $10K to student suspended for coming out as gay
A Tennessee Christian school agreed to pay a former student $10,000 to settle a legal battle after she sued the school for barring her from graduation and suspending her after she came out as gay on social media.
A final judgment entered Monday resolved the lawsuit filed by Morgan Armstrong, a graduating senior at Tennessee Christian Preparatory School near Chattanooga.
In April 2025, then-18-year-old Armstrong announced her relationship in a post on Instagram, which featured photos of her kissing and holding hands with a woman with the caption, “cats outta the bag.”
Armstrong filed the suit in May 2025, claiming that less than a week later, the school’s top administrators suspended her and barred her from all school events, including her upcoming graduation ceremony. She argued the decision was motivated by her coming out as gay.
She also alleged the school threatened to withhold her diploma and make disparaging remarks about her to prospective colleges and universities if there was any “online slander” about the school.
Tennessee Christian Preparatory School denied the allegations and maintained that Armstrong violated its school policies for reasons other than being gay. The school claimed Armstrong had academic and attendance issues, excessive tardiness and that her parents failed to make required payments under its enrollment agreement.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-bat...s-gay/amp/
So, if the school suspended her for other reasons than being gay, why did they decide to pay her $10,000 to settle a legal battle?
A Tennessee Christian school agreed to pay a former student $10,000 to settle a legal battle after she sued the school for barring her from graduation and suspending her after she came out as gay on social media.
A final judgment entered Monday resolved the lawsuit filed by Morgan Armstrong, a graduating senior at Tennessee Christian Preparatory School near Chattanooga.
In April 2025, then-18-year-old Armstrong announced her relationship in a post on Instagram, which featured photos of her kissing and holding hands with a woman with the caption, “cats outta the bag.”
Armstrong filed the suit in May 2025, claiming that less than a week later, the school’s top administrators suspended her and barred her from all school events, including her upcoming graduation ceremony. She argued the decision was motivated by her coming out as gay.
She also alleged the school threatened to withhold her diploma and make disparaging remarks about her to prospective colleges and universities if there was any “online slander” about the school.
Tennessee Christian Preparatory School denied the allegations and maintained that Armstrong violated its school policies for reasons other than being gay. The school claimed Armstrong had academic and attendance issues, excessive tardiness and that her parents failed to make required payments under its enrollment agreement.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-bat...s-gay/amp/
So, if the school suspended her for other reasons than being gay, why did they decide to pay her $10,000 to settle a legal battle?
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
