Christian nurse says Oregon hospital tried to force employee group to go ‘interfaith’

A Christian nurse at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital (OHSU) says administrators initially refused to approve her employee group unless she removed prayer, Bible study and other religious activities and changed it from a Christian group to an interfaith organization.

Suzie Logue said she created the group in early 2025 after connecting with other Christian employees who wanted a place to pray, study Scripture and encourage one another during difficult shifts.

She says OHSU told her the group could be approved only if it removed its religious elements and said it could not use hospital resources or campus buildings.

"I naturally wrote back and said, ‘No, we're a Christian group.

We would like to be allowed to pray and do Bible study and do these other worship activities using campus resources,’" Logue told Fox News Digital in an interview on Tuesday.

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"When I said, ‘What policy are we citing here? Why can't we do this?,’ I was met with silence," Logue said.

"And when I kept pushing over the weeks, they wrote back to me and said, ‘Well, your charter is being reviewed now by hospital legal,’ and that is when I reached out to First Liberty ." CONNECTICUT BARS NATIVITY DISPLAY IN STATE CAPITOL BECAUSE IT'S 'RELIGIOUS,' LAWSUIT THREAT SAYS Logue said she was shocked by what she viewed as the hospital’s casual handling of the situation.

She said other religious employee groups were permitted to use campus facilities for prayer and worship, while she received little explanation for why the Christian group was treated differently.

After Logue contacted First Liberty Institute , the organization sent OHSU a demand letter.

Logue says the hospital ultimately approved the group as Christian and allowed it to use hospital resources for prayer and worship.

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"Part of the reason I wanted to start the group is because, I was connecting with other Christians at the hospital," Logue said.

"As you can imagine, Portland and working in Portland can be a pretty tough place to be a Christian.