A San Francisco-based software company agreed to change its policy after a Christian ministry brought a lawsuit accusing the tech company of religious discrimination.
Holy Sexuality, a Christian nonprofit that provides families with video lessons on a biblical view of sex and gender, filed a federal lawsuit in February against software company Asana. The complaint alleges that Asana refused to give Holy Sexuality its 50% nonprofit discount on subscriptions to its project management software that it gives to other nonprofits.
According to the lawsuit, Asana had a policy barring religious nonprofits "that exist to solely propagate a belief in a specific faith" from this financial discount.
Faith-based conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) argued that Asana’s denial and its broader policy were illegal under California’s Civil Rights Act.
Less than two months after filing the complaint, Asana agreed to settle the case and give the nonprofit the discount. It also agreed to remove language from its policy barring religious groups from receiving ...
