DOJ backs Catholic nuns' suit challenging NY LGBTQ+ care facility law
Religion And Faith,Freedom Of Religion,LGBTQ Issues,Gender Identity,DEI,Justice Department,New York,Catholics,Healthcare
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The Justice Department is backing Catholic nuns who sued the state of New York over a law requiring those born as men who identify as women to have equal access as women to a residential hospice program run by the church order for the past 125 years.
The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne filed the lawsuit in April, arguing that the order's religious beliefs are compromised by New York's LGBTQ+ Long‑Term Care Facility Residents' Bill of Rights, which requires facilities to affirm patients' preferred pronouns, room assignments and restroom use...
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