Title IX’s Exemption for Religious Institutions as to Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity Is Constitutionally Permissible
So holds today’s Ninth Circuit opinion in Hunter v. U.S. Dep’t of Ed., decided by Judge Milan Smith, joined by Judges Mark Bennett and Anthony Johnstone: Title IX, a landmark law prohibiting gender discrimination at federally funded educational institutions, carves out an exception for religious institutions whose tenets mandate gender-based discrimination. Plaintiffs are lesbian, gay, […]