(CN) — A federal judge dismissed on Friday Seattle Pacific University’s First Amendment lawsuit against the Washington state attorney general over an investigation into the Christian university’s purportedly homophobic hiring practices.
Senior U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein in Seattle granted Attorney General Nicholas Brown’s request for summary judgment because, she said, his office had disclaimed any intent to enforce the Washington Law Against Discrimination against the university after the investigation found that there was no operative employment policy that violated the law.
“The court has considered the evidence placed before it, which shows that the university has not taken actions in accordance with its lifestyle expectations policy that resulted in violations of the WLAD,” Rothstein, a Jimmy Carter appointee, said. “The possibility of future violations is speculative.”…