The Huffington Post website reports today (December 16, 2011) that Debra Dodd -- former secretary at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, Tennessee -- is suing her former employer, arguing that she was fired for marrying a black man.
Dodd has filed a lawsuit for back wages and $500,000 in punitive damages against the church, after she was fired for what she says is racial discrimination.
Dodd said the all-white church first embraced her during her two years as secretary -- and then fired her last May after they learned she had married a black man in April.
Rev. Tim Smith -- pastor of the church -- said Dodd's marriage is unrelated to her firing, but also said his lawyer has directed him not to discuss particulars.
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