A former budget analyst for Princeton University has filed a discrimination lawsuit against her former employers, alleging they fired her because she wouldn’t go along with their COVID-19 policies due to her religious beliefs.
Kate McKinley, of Ewing, states in court papers the university informed her on June 8, 2021, that a vaccination would be required for her continued employment. However, on July 19, 2021, McKinley provided her bosses with a religious exemption to the coronavirus vaccine.
About a month later, McKinley requested she also be exempt from Princeton’s asymptomatic testing, mask requirements, and digital contact tracing – all due to her religious beliefs, states the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court.