A Tennessee Christian school has agreed to pay $10K to a student it barred from graduation after she came out as gay. Morgan Armstrong sued Tennessee Christian Preparatory School after it withheld her diploma and banned her from the ceremony. Under the settlement, Armstrong received both the payment and her diploma, and the school is prohibited from making disparaging comments about her to colleges.
The dispute began after Armstrong came out on social media, posting photos with her girlfriend. She then privately messaged friends asking them to like the post, writing: “Go and comment on my post, I have some ruthless Trump supporting ‘Jesus’ mfs on there.” The school then summoned her family and presented a letter accusing her of “a disparaging remark.” They then barred her from graduation and threatened to forward her posts to colleges.
