{"id":47024,"date":"2022-09-02T11:51:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T15:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=47024"},"modified":"2022-09-02T11:51:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T15:51:49","slug":"attacking-religious-freedom-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=47024","title":{"rendered":"Attacking Religious Freedom In America"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, Townhall<\/a> posted an article about the Biden administration’s misuse of Title IX to attack Christian schools.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Sometimes, scrolling through the news, you come across a story so ludicrous, so extreme, it seems like someone must have made it up to prove a point. Take, for example, the recent situation at Grant Park Christian Academy in Tampa, where the federal government was\u00a0threatening to take away<\/a> school lunches\u00a0<\/em>for underprivileged children unless the school allowed, among other things, male students to share lockers, showers, and bathrooms with female students. For Grant Park and other Christian schools and universities that have chosen to uphold their deeply held beliefs, reality is proving crazier than fiction.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Biden administration has proposed changes to the language of Title IX, a civil rights law designed to prevent sex-based discrimination. The administration is trying to change the meaning of the word \u201csex\u201d to include \u201cgender identity and sexual orientation.\u201d This seemingly small change would set off a cascade of problems, as it would compel all Americans\u2014regardless of their deeply held beliefs about the nature of sex and gender\u2014to assent to the current radical view that maleness and femaleness are just a matter of individual expression.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

Because HUD announced that it would enforce its order through the Fair Housing Act, College of the Ozarks and other colleges across the country\u2014regardless of their beliefs\u2014will be required to house male students in female dorms and vice versa. Colleges will be required to allow students to choose which restrooms, dorms, showers, and locker rooms they want to use\u2014or be shut down.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For College of the Ozarks, that is not an option. Providing safe, comfortable housing for all students is a part of the college\u2019s commitment to its community. That means that no female student should be forced to share private spaces with a male student, and vice versa. But if College of the Ozarks shuts down, countless young people will lose their only chance at higher education. So the college took a stand, and is\u00a0continuing to fight<\/a> in court for its right to offer safe, affordable education to its students.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Fortunately for Grant Park, Alliance Defending Freedom got involved. Just days after ADF filed a lawsuit on Grant Park\u2019s behalf, the USDA issued an exemption and Commissioner Fried approved the school\u2019s request for funding for lunches. The USDA also agreed to automatically respect Title IX exemptions for all religious schools.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So for students at Grant Park Christian Academy, lunch is back on the menu\u2014for now. But if the Biden administration succeeds in changing the definition of sex in Title IX, this extreme gender ideology will be set in stone for all public schools, charter schools, and private secular schools. Schools and colleges that try to stand up for their right to operate according to their deeply held beliefs will be at a disadvantage, and it\u2019s only a matter of time before this crazy reality gets even more bizarre.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lesson here is that if you want to be free to run your school in accordance with your beliefs, don’t take money from the government. Hillsdale College is a shining example of that principle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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