( October 21, 2026, 12:42 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Affirming judgments in favor of a Maryland man who alleged that his religious employer violated federal and state discrimination laws by terminating dependent health insurance benefits for his same-sex spouse, a split Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held that neither state nor federal statutes nor the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution “provide such broad immunity” to shield the employer “from liability because its discriminatory action is rooted in its sincerely held religious beliefs.”...