Suit Filed by Christian College Aimed at HUD Policies Undermining Sexual Distinctions

Catholic World Report ^ | 6/5/23 | Charles J. Russo

[marshmallow]

Officials of the College of the Ozarks, a small faith-based institution of about 1,600 students in Missouri, are challenging the HUD’s interpretation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA).

The Biden administration, through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has announced rules in the form of a Directive that may threaten the College of the Ozarks in Missouri and other institutions grounded in biblical beliefs about the differences between women and men.

This directive comes after the Biden administration has already proposed a regulation to restrict Christian speech on the campus of public institutions of higher education while limiting the conscience rights of medical personnel whose beliefs prevent them from participating in abortions and gender transition procedures,

Officials of the College of the Ozarks, a small faith-based institution of about 1,600 students in Missouri founded by Presbyterian minister in 1906, are challenging the HUD’s interpretation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). Under the theoretically non-binding policy Directive or memorandum that HUD officials released, officials at the College of the Ozarks, and other faith-based institutions, may be required to open their women’s dormitories, including showers and all other facilities, to men who identify as women.

HUD released its far-reaching Directive in response to the Executive Order of January 20, 2021, that President Biden signed shortly after taking office, supplemented two years later in Executive Order 13998 on February 16, 2023. The original Executive Order redefined the terms “sex,” “sexual orientation” and “gender identity,” entitling them to protection from discrimination.

[reg45]

So! What are they going to do, arrest all the students and faculty?

[linMcHlp]

bkmk

[No name given]

I’d like to see them try.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

That’s what you get under an authoritarian government. There is no recognition of free institutions operating under their own principles. Government is everything, and calls all the shots.

[reg45]

Unfortunately, the article uses the phrase “sex determined at birth”. This is an example of misinformation. Sex is determined at conception and depends upon the type of spermatozoon that fertilizes the egg. Once conception occurs the sex of the baby is fixed. This is why a physician can know the sex of the child months before the child is born. A more accurate terminology would be “sex revealed at birth”. The sex of a human being is encoded in the person’s DNA.