An appeals court has upheld the primary wrongful-dismissal and rights-violation claims of flight attendant Charlene Carter, who won back her job after Southwest Airlines fired her for expressing pro-life views. However, part of the case is heading back to the Texas trial court that originally decided in her favor.
The latest decision in Carter’s case, which she has been fighting for eight years, came from the Fifth Circuit appeals court in New Orleans on May 8.
A three-judge panel agreed with a Texas jury’s 2022 verdict holding the airline and Carter’s union, Local 556 of the Transport Workers Union of America, responsible for violating her religious rights. Carter said her pro-life, Christian views compelled her to speak out against the union’s involvement with a pro-abortion group….