Clayton County<\/em> from this past June. That ruling, which extended prohibitions of sex discrimination to include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity, was criticized by religious freedom advocates. Advocates warned that, by enshrining sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes in law, the court was putting religious charities and business owners on the defensive against a slew of new discrimination lawsuits. Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the Court\u2019s majority, acknowledged that the decision would bring up future religious freedom cases. He maintained that individuals and groups have recourse to religious freedom protections under the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). In its other blueprint recommendations, HRC also wants the Biden administration to appoint \u201cqualified LGBTQ judges, executive officials, and ambassadors abroad.\u201d The group is also pushing for an end to the Mexico City Policy, which bars funding of foreign NGOs that promote or provide abortions. It also called for the Biden administration to reinstate nondiscrimination requirements for charities that partner with the government\u2014possibly requiring religious adoption agencies, homeless shelters, and health care facilities to abide by LGBT mandates they deem problematic. Catholic bishops, for instance, opposed a 2016 Obama administration rule that homeless shelters allow clients access to facilities based on their gender identity and not biological sex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CNA Staff, Dec 15, 2020 \/ 10:30 am (CNA).- A leading LGBT activist group is calling for the Biden administration to tighten accreditation regulations of religious schools to enforce acceptance of so-called transgender rights. \nThe pro-LGBT Human Rights Campaign (HRC) issued its list of policy priorities for the incoming Biden administration, The Daily Signal reported on Monday \nAmong its priorities, the group\u2019s Blueprint for Positive Change 2020 calls for the Education Department to update its regulations on school accreditation\u2014 including requiring religious schools to accommodate students based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. \nCurrently, HRC says, religious schools that \u201cdiscriminate or that do not meet science based curricula standards\u201d could be approved by accreditation agencies, which could simply be following their mandate to \u201crespect the stated mission\u201d of religious schools. \nInstead, HRC wants a new regulation from the Education Department to change that. \nNew langua..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Religious schools must accept 'gender identity', LGBT activists tell Biden - WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n