The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently ruled against LGBT activists who sought to prevent religiously affiliated colleges from invoking faith-based exemptions to federal anti-discrimination laws.
The Ninth Circuit, concurring with an earlier decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, ruled on Aug. 30 that granting religious exemptions “substantially relates to the achievement of limiting government interference with the free exercise of religion.”
“This is just a recognition of the foundational truth of this nation,” said Chris Schandevel, an attorney at Alliance Defending Freedom, in a phone interview with The College Fix. ADF represented the religious schools in this case.
“The Constitution exists to protect the religious freedom of all believers, the freedom to live out that belief,” Schandevel said.
“Tolerance has come to mean that you have to actively celebrate and approve my choices. If you don’t tolerate me, I’m gonna deny you the chance to live our your beliefs, and that is essentially what the plaintiffs are saying to Christian schools,” he said. […]
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