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A federal judge denied a request from the College of the Ozarks to implement a temporary injunction and restraining order against a Biden administration directive pertaining to gender identity.
Biden s Order Opening Dorms, Showers to Opposite Sex a Violation of Religious Liberties, College Says
On 5/7/21 at 8:38 PM EDT
A Christian college in Missouri is challenging a Biden administration executive order that could opens gendered spaces including dorms and showers to transgender residents on campus.
The College of the Ozarks, represented by attorneys from the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), on April 15 filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging a directive from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The directive was due to an order signed by President Joe Biden on his first day in office titled Protecting and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation, which required a interpretation of the word sex in the Fair Housing Act that would not discriminate based on gender identity or sexual orientation. Subsequently, the new reinterpretation means that women s dormitories, including dorm rooms and shared shower spaces
LGBT activists and their supporters rally in support of transgender people on the steps of New York City Hall, October 24, 2018 in New York City. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images
A Missouri Christian university is suing the Biden administration over a federal directive that its lawsuit claims requires religious schools to open their dormitories and showers based on gender identity.â
The College of the Ozarks, a four-year liberal arts college in Point Lookout, filed a lawsuit in response to a February order from the Department of Housing and Urban Development that forces any entities that receive federal dollars covered by the Fair Housing Act to place transgender-identified biological males into female dormitories and assign them as femalesâ roommates.Â