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World Vision United States controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2014

    Same-sex-marriage employment-policy reversal

    World Vision briefly adopted a policy permitting the hiring of Christians in same-sex marriages, then reversed it two days later following protests from donors and evangelical constituencies.

  2. 2010

    Religious-employer exemption controversy

    A Ninth Circuit decision held that World Vision was a religious corporation and could dismiss employees who did not affirm specific Christian doctrines. The ruling drew criticism from a dissenting judge who argued that the exemption was applied too broadly.