Click here to view original article www.ncronline.org
Notre Dame football players at the Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Ariz. 2016. University of Notre Dame football players are seen during the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., in this 2016 file photo. (OSV News/Mark J. Rebilas, Action Images via USA TODAY Sports and Reuters) Kate Scanlon View Author Profile OSV News View Author Profile Join the Conversation Send your thoughts to Letters to the Editor . Learn more A federal appeals court recently upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of granting a Title IX exemption for religious post-secondary institutions that receive federal funding. A group of students who identify as LGBTQ+ had previously filed suit against the U.S. Department of Education, challenging a federal exemption for religious institutions to Title IX, the 1972 federal civil rights law requiring that women and girls have equal access and treatment in education and athletics. The students argued that religious colleges and universities that receive federal funding discriminated against due to their sexual orientations and gender identities in their admissions or disciplinary processes. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the exemption Aug. 30, finding that it only applies to schools under the purview of a religious group, and only if the […]