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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: PeteS in CA on June 10, 2021, 04:47:39 pm
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Did the Biden DOJ Just Reveal Its Hand in the LGBT Religious Exemption Lawsuit?
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/06/10/you-didnt-really-expect-the-biden-doj-to-defend-religious-freedom-did-you-n1453484 (https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/06/10/you-didnt-really-expect-the-biden-doj-to-defend-religious-freedom-did-you-n1453484)
In March, 33 current and former students at federally-funded Christian colleges and universities filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Education, claiming that the religious exemption to Title IX violates the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution by allowing Christian institutions to allegedly “discriminate” against “sexual and gender minorities.” Christian colleges have sought to defend their rights in court, but the Department of Justice under President Joe Biden moved to block them.
The lawsuit, Hunter et al. v. Department of Education, appears to be a fait accompli. Since Biden has signaled his hostility to religious freedom protections like the religious exemption in Title IX, the Biden administration seems unlikely to give the colleges the robust defense they deserve.
Yet on Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) under Biden filed a motion to prevent three Christian colleges and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) from intervening in the case. The DOJ claimed that it could “vigorously defend” the religious exemption, so the court should not allow the Christian institutions to speak up for themselves.
Yet on Wednesday, the DOJ appeared to give an indication that this legal filing was all smoke and mirrors. As The Washington Examiner reported, the DOJ amended its filing, omitting the language about “vigorously” defending the exemption.
Trojan Horse sabotage
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Huh?
The First Amendment protects freedom of religion. One aspect of that is that religious institutions have the freedom to choose which sexual deviants are not allowed on the team. Hence said exception to Title IX supports the First Amendment.
Want to know what is not Constitutional?
Title IX.
The Constitution does not allow the federal government to fund educational activities. Thomas Jefferson recognized this in his Sixth State of the Union address and specifically petitioned Congress to Amend the Constitution to allow federal education spending. No such amendment was ever passed by the Congress, nor was any such amendment ever ratified.
So just eliminate Title Icks.