Mon May 2, 2022 – 7:58 pm EDT
BISMARK, North Dakota (LifeSiteNews) — On behalf of the Christian Employers Alliance (CEA), the legal team of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) presented oral arguments before the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota today, to challenge two mandates imposed by the Biden Administration. These mandates coerce for-profit and nonprofit religious employers and providers to either pay for or perform gender-transition surgeries, procedures, counseling, or other treatments — all of which are in direct violation of their deeply-held religious beliefs. Last October, ADF attorneys filed a lawsuit and motion to halt the enforcement of these mandates.
ADF’s lawsuit, Christian Employers Alliance v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (CEA v. EEOC), makes clear that the EEOC — which exists to enforce federal workplace laws, guidelines, and regulations — is both misinterpreting and improperly enforcing Title VII’s definition of sex-based discrimination. As such, the EEOC is compelling religious employers and providers to provide and pay for health insurance coverage for gender transition surgeries, treatments, and more. CEA v. EEOC also challenges a similar mandate being enforced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), due to its reinterpretation of “sex” to include gender identity. In doing so, the agency is forcing
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