One month before the election, I was forwarded an email originally sent from an organization called “Backing America.” The email was presented by Backing America as “a message from our sponsor.” The sponsor, Hillsdale College, wrote asking for tax-deductible contributions….
Appeals court puts the final nail in student effort to hold religious school accountable for LGBTQ discrimination
An advocacy group for more than 30 LGBTQ students marginalized by religious colleges and universities will continue the struggle for justice after the recent dismissal of its class action lawsuit against three Christian colleges and universities and the federal government….
Texas school district gets its injunction against Title IX changes, for now
District Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas has issued a preliminary injunction against the U.S. Department of Education’s changes to Title IX in a lawsuit filed by Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas. Carroll ISD, represented…
Anti-trans group wants candidates to sign a Title IX pledge
A group that advocates against expansion of Title IX protections to include gender identity has created a “pledge to protect schools, children and families” that candidates for political office are asked to sign. SAVE, based in Rockville, Md., is promoting…
What we should learn from Deion Sanders and Nebraska women’s volleyball
With week one of the college football season kicking off last weekend, fans across the country began dreaming once again about the gridiron glories of violence and victory. And for the parts of American culture shaped by white evangelicals, these…
Five U.S. Congressmen ask DOE to clarify Baylor’s ‘religious’ exemption
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and four other members of Congress wrote to the U.S. Department of Education Sept. 5 seeking clarification on the recent waiver granted Baylor University allowing discrimination against LGBTQ students on campus. The renewed exemption granted…
1,000 Baylor alumni call on school to ‘end unequal treatment’ of LGBTQ students
More than 1,000 alumni, faculty and staff members of Baylor University have signed on to a letter calling on the Baptist school to “end the harmful, separate and unequal treatment” of LGBTQ people in the Baylor family and to ensure…
Baylor asks for — and gets — new exemption to discriminate against LGBTQ students
This article was updated Monday evening, Aug. 14, to include new comments from Baylor President Linda Livingstone. Baylor University recently asked for and was granted a federal religious exemption from charges of sexual harassment against LGBTQ students under Title IX…
What the SBC can learn from NCAA women’s basketball
In case you’ve missed it, we’re in the midst of March Madness. For only the second year, the women’s NCAA basketball tournament can use that moniker too. It had been the exclusive property of the men’s tournament for all the…