NEW: Archdiocese of Arlington tells me that schools in the diocese are "preparing to implement Governor Youngkin’s Executive Order 2, 'Reaffirming the Rights of Parents in the Upbringing, Education, and Care of Their Children,' effective Monday, January 24."
This comes after Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax public schools said they would continue to require masks in defiance of Governor Youngkin's order.
U.S. employers are required to accommodate their employee’s “sincerely held” religious beliefs — including potential religious objections to a vaccine -- under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance also warns that neither the commission nor courts should “be in the business of deciding whether a person holds religious beliefs for the ‘proper’ reasons."
A new messaging guide shows that transgender activists plan to combat GOP wins on trans issues by building off successful race and class messaging and “weaving together” race, gender, and class into a new “Race Class Gender Narrative."
"Trans activists won’t settle for legal wins and ‘tolerance’ from the public," says @maryricehasson. "...They will be relentless in pursuing their policy goals—and trying to compel Americans to accept gender ideology."
.@DrJayRichards tells me: "It’s clear to any careful observer that gender ideologues are trying to associate their cause with the popular and successful cause of civil rights for minorities."
NEW: Fairfax County Public Schools reinstates the books “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe (highly sexually explicit comic book) & “Lawn Boy” by Jonathan Evison (includes a convo in which an adult male recounts a sexual encounter he had with a male friend in 4th grade)
“I am satisfied that the books were selected according to FCPS regulations and are appropriate to include in libraries that serve high school students," says assistant superintendent Noel Klimenko.
Both books are recommended by the American Library Association as "Alex Award" winning books: adult books with a “special appeal” to teenagers.
NEW: Paintings depicting George Floyd as Jesus Christ hang in both The Catholic University of America’s campus ministry office and its law school, students say.
“It is just another symptom of the liberalization and secularization of our campus."
The university tells me that the paintings depict “the Virgin Mary supporting the body of the dead Christ”–although the artist has indicated repeatedly that his painting depicts both Floyd and Jesus.
After The Daily Signal pressed CUA about the paintings & the university's new report on racism, a video showing university officials & campus ministry figures unveiling the painting was made private on YouTube. I have not received an explanation as to why.
NEW: A new lawsuit from @AllianceDefends accuses Wisconsin's Kettle Moraine School District of addressing a 12-year-old girl using a male name and male pronouns against her parents objections. Details here:
When the girl began experiencing “rapid onset gender dysphoria” in Dec. 2020, her parents pulled her out of school and began sending her to a mental health center that affirmed "she was really a transgender boy" and encouraged her to transition.
The 12-year-old told her parents and the school in January that she was a transgender boy and wanted to adopt a male name and pronouns, but her parents decided that “immediately transitioning would not be in their daughter’s best interest."