Judge to decide if Hermon schools discriminated against a church

Judge to decide if Hermon schools discriminated against a church

A federal judge’s decision about if Hermon schools discriminate against a church is at least two months away. Pines Church, now based in Bangor, sued the Hermon School Department in May 2023, alleging the School Committee rejected the church’s request for a year-long lease to use the high school auditorium for Sunday services due to conservative beliefs about sexual identity and contraceptives. A judge heard two days of witness testimony Tuesday…