Both sides are speaking out amid a lawsuit over a transgender employee’s firing at Liberty University

A federal appeals court is reviewing the case of a transgender employee fired by Liberty University and could ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court.

Liberty University has filed a new appeal in an ongoing discrimination case, defending its decision to terminate a transgender employee who came out after being hired at the institution.

The nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed by a former Liberty University employee fired by the Christian school after disclosing her identity as a transgender woman.