gender discrimination suit

[Susan Freiman]

* BRIEF: Judge denies FW seminary's request to dismiss suit *
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* Sep 18, 2007 - Knight Ridder Tribune Business News
Author(s): Sam Hodges *
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Sep. 18--A federal judge has denied Southwestern Baptist Theological 
Seminary's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a female former professor.

Sheri Klouda says she lost her tenure-track job at the Fort Worth school 
because of her gender. U.S. District Judge John McBryde ruled Friday 
that her suit against the seminary and its president, Paige Patterson, 
can go forward. No trial date has been set. Seminary officials would not 
comment on the judge's ruling. The seminary's lawyers made a number of 
arguments, including church-state separation. "I don't think they left 
anything out in their efforts to try to get the case dismissed," said 
Gary Richardson, a lawyer for Dr. Klouda. Dr. Klouda taught biblical 
Hebrew at Southwestern -- her graduate school alma mater -- from 2000 
until last year.

Her suit alleges breach of contract, fraud and defamation, and asks for 
damages. The suit says that though she was on track for tenure beginning 
in 2002, she was dismissed because a new Southwestern administration led 
by Dr. Patterson interprets Scripture as forbidding women to teach male 
pastors-in-training in courses deemed theolo ical.

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