Texas Judge Favors Religious Businesses Over LGBTQ Rights

On October 31st, US District Judge Reed O’Connor of Texas, ruled that religiously-affiliated businesses are exempt from LGBTQ discrimination liability. Two Texas-based organizations, Braidwood Management and Bear Creek Bible Church, had previously sued the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Stephen Hotze, a conservative physician, operates Braidwood Management and according to court filings, he forbids employees from engaging in “homosexual behavior or gender non-conforming conduct of any sort.” The Bear Creek Church also mandates that its employees live according to biblical standards of gender and sexuality. Justice O’Connor ruled that the two businesses are exempt from LGBTQ-bias protections under the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. O’Connor also ruled that religious nonprofits such as Bear Creek Bible Church can deny employment or fire an LGBTQ employee under the religious exemptions in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. It is possible that the decision will be appealed and may end up before the US Supreme Court.

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Texas Judge Favors Religious Businesses over LGBTQ rights

Location: Fort Worth, TX