Catholic church leaders in Indianapolis are citing the First Amendment as a defense to a lawsuit filed by a teacher fired because he's in a same-sex marriage.

The Jesuit high school that the Indianapolis Archdiocese no longer recognizes as Catholic because it refused to fire a teacher in a same-sex marriage says it's appealing that decision to the Vatican.

The Indianapolis Archdiocese posted online Tuesday a letter from the Most Rev. Charles Thompson saying teachers and guidance counselors are ministers of the faith who must lead by word and example.

The student section of the stands was filled with rainbow flags, face paint and t-shirts at the football game Friday between Roncalli and Southport high schools.

Since Shelly Fitzgerald's superiors at Roncalli High School met with her about her same-sex marriage - and told her to end it or lose her job - she's seen an outpouring of support.

Several voucher schools have openly anti-LGBTQ admission policies, but Indiana has no statewide anti-discrimination law.

Indiana provides protections for public employees based on sexual orientation, but Roncalli is exempt from those rules because it is a private school.

A law professor predicts a suit alleging a county employee was fired because she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples faces an uphill battle.

On the day Indiana's so-called "religious freedom" law took effect, advocates for the LGBT community said they're going to organize a voter registration drive as part of their push to obtain civil rights protections for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.