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Ken Starr Is Right About Religious Liberty, But That Might Not Preserve It

29 against the U.S. Department of Education cites 33 current and former LGBTQ students at federally funded Christian colleges and universities for what the nonprofit Religious Exemption Accountability Project refers to as “unconstitutional discriminatory policies.” According to the class-action suit, the religious exemption status of the 25 listed schools allows them to maintain discriminatory policies while receiving government funding. This suit, perhaps intentionally, follows the recent passage of the Equality Act in the House effectively adding gender identity and sexuality to the groups protected under the Civil Rights Act which is now with the Senate. The lawsuit and the bill represent a significant escalation of attacks on religious liberty within the first 100 days of the Biden administration.

Pamplin Media Group - Southwick: Foster care systems fail Oregon s LGBTQ youth

April 30 2021 Portland s Paul Carlos Southwick is director of the Religious Exemption Accountability Project, which empowers queer, trans and non-binary students at more than 200 taxpayer-funded religious colleges and universities. True Colors Day is a national day devoted to increasing awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) youth who experience homelessness. Some of the roots of this homelessness crisis are intertwined with the failures of foster care systems across the country, including here in Oregon, to meet the needs of LGBTQ children in their care and support youth who are aging out of foster care. Forty percent of homeless foster children identify as LGBTQ, and of those, approximately 30% report aging out of the child welfare system into homelessness.

Heller student named plaintiff in class action lawsuit against U S Department of Education

Heller student named plaintiff in class action lawsuit against U.S. Department of Education Tristan Campbell (GRAD), a student at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, was one of 33 named plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education with hopes to eliminate the religious exemption from Title IX, which currently allows religious institutions to discriminate against LGBT students.  The lawsuit, filed by the Religious Exemption Accountability Project (REAP), references 25 religiously-affiliated institutions across the country, most of which are Christian-denominational.  “The Plaintiffs seek safety and justice for themselves and for the countless sexual and gender minority students whose oppression, fueled by government funding, and unrestrained by government intervention, persists with injurious consequences to mind, body and soul,” according to the lawsuit. “The Department’s inaction leaves students unprotected from the harms

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