Is the religious exemption carved into Title IX constitutional? The Biden administration seemed to think so. However, after receiving backlash for that stance, the administration is backtracking.
The Biden administration says it can defend federal exemptions for faith-based colleges and opposed a motion by Christian organizations to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to strike down religious colleges' exemptions to Title IX law dealing with LGBT discrimination.
The Biden administration says it can defend federal exemptions for faith-based colleges and opposed a motion by Christian organizations to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to strike down religious colleges' exemptions to Title IX law dealing with LGBT discrimination.
One day after telling a federal district court it would "vigorously defend" laws exempting evangelical Christian colleges and universities and other faith-based schools from rules promoting LGBTQ rights, the Biden administration's filing in the case lost its vigor. Literally, as President Biden himself might say.