Educator Nelli Parinsenkova is suing Bright Horizons, a nationwide childcare facility, for alleged religious discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, according to a press release from her lawyers. Parinsenkova worked at the Bright Horizons Studio City location in California for four years.
The litigation claims that after the Studio City location director discovered Parinsenkova’s Christian beliefs she “enforced company policy requiring all teachers to support and promote celebrations of ‘diversity’ including same-sex marriage to children in the care program.” …
The strain between the two parties reportedly began in April 2018 when Parinsenkova discovered that the classroom she worked in had LGBT books. The educator claimed in her lawsuit that she expressed concern and was given “an informal accommodation that she would not be required to read books to the children promoting same-sex marriage.”
Four years later, in April 2022, the location’s director uncovered Parisenkova’s religious beliefs and reported her to the human resources department, according to the lawsuit. The director, who is a lesbian, reportedly took “personal offense” at Parisenkova’s religious beliefs.
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