Current Events > Justice Department will defend religious school' anti-LGTBQ discrimination

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/06/09/biden-justice-lgbtq-lesbian-gay-christian-college-university-bostock-equality-act/
That's behind a paywall, so here's a summary
https://www.thedailybeast.com/justice-department-throws-support-behind-religious-schools-on-lgbtq-discrimination?

The Justice Department has offered its full-throated support to religious schools that want to discriminate against LGBTQ students. According to The Washington Post, the Biden administration confirmed in a Tuesday court filing that it will vigorously defend a religious exemption from federal civil-rights law that permits religious schools to discriminate against LGBTQ studentseven if those schools receive federal funding. The filing said that Education Department and Christian schools share the same ultimate objective... namely, to uphold the Religious Exemption as it is currently applied. The filing has shocked LGBTQ advocatesPaul Carlos Southwick, director of the Religious Exemption Accountability Project, told the Post: The government is now aligning itself with anti-LGBTQ hate in order to vigorously defend an exemption that everyone knows causes severe harm to LGBTQ students using taxpayer money. Southwick said the religious exemption leaves students at risk of conversion therapy and expulsion, as well as shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.

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Seems pretty fucking bad imo.

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Nothing will fundamentally change.

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Run the scenarios

Remember, you have to wait X+1 days where x=the number of days Biden has been in office lol before you can criticize Bidens handling of anything!
Though, honestly, seems weird and bad that Garlands DOJ is mostly carrying Bill Barrs legal water.

Wow I'm starting to think maybe both parties really are shit!

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Sure it's bad but

But

Don't go there if they don't want you there...?

I don't suppose extremist religious establishments are your only choice in America? No right? Fucking don't go there.

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Ilishe posted...

Don't go there if they don't want you there...?

I don't suppose extremist religious establishments are your only choice in America?

Kids, who would be the ones harmed here, do not get to choose where they attend school; that's up to their parents.

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Ilishe posted...

Sure it's bad but

But

Don't go there if they don't want you there...?

I don't suppose extremist religious establishments are your only choice in America? No right? Fucking don't go there.

How often did you get to choose which school you went to from ages 6-18?

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I got to choose when I was 14.

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Ilishe posted...

I got to choose when I was 14.

Many kids do not get that choice, just like they do not choose if they are LGBT. Do you see how this can be a major problem?

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Bump

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tHe MoSt PrOgReSsIvE pReSiDeNt

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Nice. Next, we can have schools that claim having black students is against their religion, and we can roll right back into more segregationist schools. Won't that be hype?

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So does this mean a school can discriminate against black people if they go against the principal's religion?

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Stupid, short-sighted action by stupid, short-sighted people.

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