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Biden vs. Religious Freedom on Campus. Christian colleges may soon find themselves dead by a thousand cuts.
James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | May 24, 2023 | Rob Jenkins

Posted on 05/27/2023 6:34:53 AM PDT by karpov

Despite a couple of recent, high-profile legal victories for religious freedom, the Biden administration is not abandoning its attacks on faith-based organizations—including religious colleges and universities, as well as religious groups on public campuses. Quite the contrary. The administration, undeterred, continues its long-term strategy of whittling away at religious liberties rather than confronting them head-on.

Before we explore that strategy, let’s first take a moment to celebrate the wins. For those of us engaged in this battle, who often feel like we’re fighting a rearguard action against an overwhelming foe, it’s important to recognize that we are not, in fact, always losing. The courts, at least, appear to be on our side—for now.

Our most notable recent victory, perhaps, is the dismissal, in January, of a lawsuit against the Department of Education claiming religious exemptions to Title IX are “unconstitutional.” The suit, filed in Oregon by the Religious Exemption Accountability Project, on behalf of more than 40 plaintiffs, accused several Christian colleges of “discriminating” against “LGBTQ+” individuals.

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TOPICS: Education; Government; Religion
KEYWORDS: biden; bidenvoters; corruptjoe; crookedjoe; titleix; worthlessjoe
The author has a Twitter account covering higher education: https://twitter.com/higheredspeak
1 posted on 05/27/2023 6:34:53 AM PDT by karpov
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[[Despite a couple of recent, high-profile legal victories for religious freedom, the Biden administration is not abandoning its attacks]]

Satan never does abandon attacks agaisnt God’s people


2 posted on 05/27/2023 6:36:31 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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DemComs RUIN everything...I started reading the article...the complicating of xx vs xy drives me crazy.


3 posted on 05/27/2023 6:42:34 AM PDT by goodnesswins ( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
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I have a different view of this issue. As I see it, “religious” schools are now paying for their own folly — by being held to a standard they should have established for themselves decades ago.

The moment a school or other institution decides to make a deal to accept government money, it has surrendered its autonomy — to the point where it shouldn’t even be considered religious anymore.

Don’t give to Caesar what is God’s, and you’ll be in a better position to pursue your mission.

4 posted on 05/27/2023 6:45:05 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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The moment a school or other institution decides to make a deal to accept government money, it has surrendered its autonomy — to the point where it shouldn’t even be considered religious anymore.

Don’t give to Caesar what is God’s, and you’ll be in a better position to pursue your mission.”

Apparently, many churches accepted Covid emergency funds in the past few years to keep their semi open churches open.


5 posted on 05/27/2023 7:16:16 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (We have no shortage of experts, who state things as fact, but really have no idea!)
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I suspect many of them applied for PPP funds to keep their “civilian” staff employed while the churches were shut down.

No church ever should have been shut down during that COVID fiasco.

6 posted on 05/27/2023 7:21:01 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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You are probably correct on both of your comments.

We are hearing about cops driving by/into Church parking lots on Sundays and Saturday evenings to see if members were going to church.


7 posted on 05/27/2023 7:31:57 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (We have no shortage of experts, who state things as fact, but really have no idea!)
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The left hates all religion, especially Christianity.


8 posted on 05/27/2023 9:59:44 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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Joe is a shining example of a good Catholic. **cough**


9 posted on 05/27/2023 10:02:41 AM PDT by windsorknot
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The Communist Purge Continues To Grow Exponentially & Nothing Is Being Done About It!

10 posted on 05/27/2023 10:41:11 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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If you take money from the devil guess who gets to pick the tunes.


11 posted on 05/27/2023 12:05:43 PM PDT by 2001convSVT (Asking questions is your right.)
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