VERMONT
===vermont===
VT Christian school challenges discriminatory state funding program and expulsion from state athletics
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Mid Vermont Christian School and two families will be available for media interviews Friday following oral arguments in federal district court in their lawsuit against Vermont officials for denying the Christian school and its students from participating in the state’s tuition program and sports league because of their religious beliefs. ADF attorneys filed a federal lawsuit in November.
Vermont, through its Agency and Board of Education and Vermont Principals’ Association, requires private, religious schools like Mid Vermont Christian to adopt the state’s view on human sexuality and gender—namely, that sex is mutable and biological differences do not matter—as a condition to participate in the state’s tuition program and athletic association. Doing so violates the First Amendment rights of Mid Vermont Christian, its students and families, and other faith-based schools by preventing them from practicing their religious beliefs.
(Alliance Defending Freedom 4/18/30) READ MORE>>>>>
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Mid Vermont Christian School and two families will be available for media interviews Friday following oral arguments in federal district court in their lawsuit against Vermont officials for denying the Christian school and its students from participating in the state’s tuition program and sports league because of their religious beliefs. ADF attorneys filed a federal lawsuit in November.
Vermont, through its Agency and Board of Education and Vermont Principals’ Association, requires private, religious schools like Mid Vermont Christian to adopt the state’s view on human sexuality and gender—namely, that sex is mutable and biological differences do not matter—as a condition to participate in the state’s tuition program and athletic association. Doing so violates the First Amendment rights of Mid Vermont Christian, its students and families, and other faith-based schools by preventing them from practicing their religious beliefs.
(Alliance Defending Freedom 4/18/30) READ MORE>>>>>
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Feb 27, 2023: Fox News: Christian school forfeits playoff game against team with trans student: 'Jeopardizes fairness'
One Christian school forfeited to the opposing team in a state championship tournament after it was revealed a transgender student was on their roster. Mid Vermont Christian School (MVCS) girls' basketball team the Eagles were set to play against the Long Trail Mountain Lions in game four of the playoffs last Tuesday before the Christian school dropped out of the game and lost their place in the tournament. Head of School Vicky Fogg argued it was unfair and unsafe for the high school girls to play against a biological male on the opposing team. |
"We withdrew from the tournament because we believe playing against an opponent with a biological male jeopardizes the fairness of the game and the safety of our players. Allowing biological males to participate in women’s sports sets a bad precedent for the future of women’s sports in general," (Vicky) Fogg wrote in a statement to Fox News Digital. |