Amy Coney Barrett faith group would expel members over gay sex, leader said
People of Praise head Craig Lent made comment in 2018 as Barrett says she would never discriminate over sexual orientation
Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
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Wed 14 Oct 2020 13.12 EDT
The Christian community where Amy Coney Barrett has previously served as a female leader or handmaid expels members who engage in gay sex, according to a 2018 interview with Craig Lent, the groups current head.
Lent told the South Bend Tribune that the People of Praise, a charismatic Christian community that has counted Barrett as a member, would end the membership of a person who discloses gay sex or any other ongoing, deliberate, unrepentant wrongdoing.
Barrett, an appellate court judge who has been nominated by Donald Trump to serve on the supreme court, said in a confirmation hearing on Tuesday that she had never discriminated on the basis of sexual preference and would not ever discriminate on the basis of sexual preference.
Barrett has never openly discussed her affiliation with People of Praise. But media reports have pointed out she appears to be a longstanding member based on multiple factors: her work as a trustee at a People of Praise-affiliated school, which required her to be a member; the fact that she lived with one of the groups co-founders when she was a law student at Notre Dame; the publication of her picture and other family announcements in the groups magazine, Vine and Branches; and her fathers role as a leader in the group.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/14/amy-coney-barrett-people-of-praise-expel-members-gay-sex