On May 18, 2021 the Supreme Court of New Jersey agreed to hear a Catholic school teacher’s gender bias suit.  The case, Crisitello v. St. Theresa School, has circulated multiple times amongst the lower courts, and now the Supreme Court of New Jersey will determine whether Petitioner, Crisitello, was terminated in violation of the New […]

In a recent case, Meriwether v. Hartop, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit addressed the important issue of pronoun policies in educational settings.  Meriwether, a professor at Shawnee State University, objected to a university policy requiring employees to refer to students by their preferred pronouns.  Meriwether sought an accommodation for his sincerely held […]

On February 25, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would extend civil rights protections for the LGBTQ community.  The legislation passed 224 to 206 along party lines.  Despite passage by the House, some remain skeptical of the bill’s ability to pass scrutiny from the Senate. The House-adopted legislation – dubbed “The […]