Valerie Kloosterman sued University of Michigan Health-West after she was terminated in August 2021.<\/p>\n
“All I wanted to do was provide the best care possible to my patients without being forced to violate my Christian beliefs<\/a>,” Kloosterman said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n CHRISTIAN SCHOOL CHAPLAIN WINS SETTLEMENT AFTER FIRING OVER LGBTQ SERMON<\/a><\/p>\n Headshot of Valerie Kloosterman, former physician assistant at University of Michigan Health-West. (First Liberty Institute)<\/p>\n First Liberty Institute, which represents Kloosterman, said she had received positive performance reviews throughout her employment before raising faith-based objections to mandatory gender identity training<\/a>.<\/p>\n The organization told Fox News Digital Kloosterman was fired three weeks after requesting a religious accommodation from finishing a mandatory training that required her to affirm statements about gender identity<\/a> that were in violation of her Christian faith.<\/p>\n According to First Liberty Institute, UMHW made no effort to accommodate her beliefs. She sued<\/a> in October 2022.<\/p>\n CHRISTIAN LIFEGUARD WHO REFUSED PRIDE FLAG DUTIES AND WAS SUSPENDED IS NOW HEADED TOWARD TRIAL<\/a><\/p>\n Group of doctors in a hurry down the hospital hallway for emergency <\/p>\n The lawsuit says University of Michigan Health-West officials called her to a meeting, where they disparaged her religious beliefs<\/a>, called her “evil” and a “liar,” told her she could not bring her Christian beliefs into the workplace, and accused her of contributing to suicides among individuals with gender dysphoria.<\/p>\n If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).<\/p>\n The settlement, according to the legal group, calls for UMHW to make a religious accommodation policy<\/a> that complies with the law, inform and train<\/a> all employees, give reasonable religious accommodations without retribution to those who request it, and pay the $410,000 in damages and fees to Ms. Kloosterman and her attorneys.<\/p>\n “This new policy ensures that providers of faith and employees at UMHW will receive religious accommodations so that they can provide excellent care consistent with their medical judgment, because all patients are created in the image of God,” Kloosterman said in her statement to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n GOP LAWMAKERS URGE SUPREME COURT TO STRENGTHEN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS FOR STREET PREACHERS<\/a><\/p>\n Nurses and surgical techs praying for those impacted by COVID-19 on the roof of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. <\/p>\n![\"Valerie-Kloosterman-First-Liberty-headshot\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Valerie-Kloosterman-First-Liberty-headshot.jpg\")
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