Posted on 06/29/2021 6:25:27 PM PDT by simpson96
SIOUX CENTER—The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday, June 8, it can “vigorously” defend existing civil rights exemptions for private schools that discriminate against LGBTQ students as part of a lawsuit that includes two Dordt University students.
It is generally the practice of the DOJ to defend the law as-is, which currently allows for religion-based anti-LGBTQ rules at nonpublic schools — even those that receive federal funding.
However, the tone of Wednesday’s announcement surprised and dismayed Lauren Hoekstra, a queer woman and one of the students at the Sioux Center university who is included in the lawsuit.
She remembers being on a Tuesday video call with her fellow plaintiffs when she heard the news.
“You could see on everybody’s faces the disappointment, the sadness, and just overall, the shock at being let down by an administration that we thought had our back,” Hoekstra said. “It is especially more hurtful because President Biden and Vice President Harris have been tweeting about ‘Oh, happy Pride Month, blah blah blah’ and then that statement comes out.”
[Lauren Hoekstra, angry-liberal-for-life, in training]
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Why would any lesbian go to Dordt University of all places. Was once arguably one of the most conservative Christian colleges in the country; and located in a very small farming town.
To sue them.
To fight against what they stand for.
To change them.
Last ditch effort by their parents to rescue them.
I’m sure that Joe will whisper his support.
To destroy it from within like everywhere else they go.
Guilty.
To infiltrate and destroy from within.
Hey, Lauren, would a swipe of lipstick, a pixie hairstyle and a bit of eyeliner be so too much to ask?
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