Church ‘disqualifies’ raffle winner from fishing trip ‘because she’s a woman’

(WPXI) -- UNIONTOWN, Pa. -- A woman who won a church raffle prize claims she was “disqualified” because of the fact that she is a woman.

Emily Smaniotto, an avid fish angler, attends the annual fundraiser at Bethel Baptist Church in Uniontown every year with her father. A few weeks ago, she put in a raffle ticket for the big door prize -- a fishing trip to Ohio.

Smaniotto said the guest pastor, Bryan Kelley, said women were disqualified and that the trip was for men only. She actually thought it was a joke at first.

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