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The Limits of Free Exercise: Examining the Constitutionality of Title IX’s Religious Exemption
The Limits of Free Exercise: Examining the Constitutionality of Title IX’s Religious Exemption

The Department of Education (ED)’s recent proposed changes to Title IX regulations are missing a critical element: any mention of its controversial religious exemption. Title IX is a federal civil rights law passed in 1972 that prevents sex-based discrimination, including recent expansions to include discrimination on the basis of sexuality and gender. [1] The religious exemption to Title IX, codified by Congress in the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988, states that religiously affiliated schools are exempt from some Title IX protections that oppose their religious beliefs, regardless of whether or not they receive federal funds.

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Josephine O'Brientitle 9, religion, LGBTQ+, hunter v. us department of education
Religious Symbols in the Modern Age: Evaluating History’s Role in the Establishment Clause
Religious Symbols in the Modern Age: Evaluating History’s Role in the Establishment Clause

A crisis exists in the jurisprudence of the Establishment Clause—a key component of the First Amendment that outlines the separation of church and state. The clause states that the government cannot establish an official religion or make any laws that favor either a particular religion, religion over non-religion, or non-religion over religion. However, the religious influence in social and legal matters has been inescapable throughout American history, and this is something that the courts still must come to terms with today.

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Vivian Lureligion, Establishment Clause, secularism, First AmendmentComment