Small Christian college fights back against Biden’s push for co-ed dorms and showers.
A Christian College Takes a Stand Against Biden’s Executive Order
The College of the Ozarks, a small Christian college in America’s heartland, is fighting a legal battle with far-reaching implications. At stake is the school’s ability — any school’s ability — to restrict spaces such as dormitories and showers to only women.
What was once unthinkable for a Christian college became an all-too-real problem the day Joe Biden was sworn in as president. In one of his first official acts in the Oval Office, Biden signed an executive order that redefined the terms “sex,” “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” Three weeks later, Biden’s Department of Housing and Urban Development issued new rules requiring schools to open their women’s dormitories — showers and all — to men who “identify” as women. No exemptions were allowed, even for religious institutions.
But the College of the Ozarks said no. The Christian college, located in Point Lookout, Missouri, filed a lawsuit against Biden and his administration, arguing that the historical interpretation of the Fair Housing Act confirms that “sex” means biological sex. The college also argued that not only does the Biden executive order violate the school’s constitutional right to “operate consistently with their religious beliefs,” but also that there should have been a public notice and comment period before such a drastic change was made.
Should colleges be allowed to restrict dorms to only women?
In September, a three-judge panel from the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the case and denied a petition for the matter to be heard by the full court.
Tiny Christian College Goes on Offensive as Biden Tries Forcing Female Students to Share Dorm Rooms – Even Showers – with Men
A small Christian college in Missouri is taking a stand against the Biden administration’s efforts to force schools to allow biological males who identify as females to share dorm rooms and even showers with biological females.
The College of the Ozarks, a private Christian school with about 1,500 students, filed a lawsuit in April against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and its secretary, Marcia Fudge, over a directive that would require the school to allow transgender students to live in dorms that correspond with their gender identity.
The college argues that the directive violates its religious beliefs and would force it to violate the privacy rights of its students.
“Young women shouldn’t be forced to have to change or undress in the presence of men,” ADF senior counsel Julie Marie Blake told The Western Journal on Friday in an online interview. “Young women should not be forced to have men as roommates.”
The college and its law firm, Alliance Defending Freedom, have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case, recognizing the high stakes involved. If they lose, the college could face six-figure fines, punitive damages, and even criminal liability for school officials who refuse to comply with the directive.
Other Christian colleges and 19 states have submitted friend-of-the-court briefs supporting the College of the Ozarks’ lawsuit.
Esther Rea, a senior at the college, said she finds the prospect of having to share dorm facilities with males “extremely scary.”
“It’s not a thought that I really want to have, actually,” she told The Western Journal.
“Where I live now … I know it’s safe,” Rea said. “I have a lot of comfort in knowing where I live right now, I don’t have to share that space with men.”
The Supreme Court is expected to decide whether to hear the case in late June.
“All of this government overreach has got to be stopped,” Blake said. “And that’s why College of the Ozarks is standing up in court.”
“The bottom line is, the government does not belong in girls’ dorms.”
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