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Laine Tadlock lost her job as director of an education program at Benedictine University because a local paper ran an announcement of her wedding to a woman, The State Journal-Register reported. Tadlock maintains that the Roman Catholic institution fired her, but university officials say that while they determined that she could not stay in her job, they offered her another one, which she declined. She maintains she wasn't qualified for the other job, but the university says that this means she resigned and was not fired. Tadlock was married in Iowa, which fully recognizes gay marriage. The university -- which has received backing from Catholic officials in the area -- said that it knew of her sexual orientation for some time, but that it could not employ her in her position after her wedding announcement noted her place of employment.
