Judge’s ruling says EEOC cannot force funeral home to allow transgender to violate dress code.
In what is being called a “victory for freedom of conscience over an intrusive federal government,” the zombie war on Christianity was dealt a blow—albeit, perhaps only a temporary one.
Last week, a judge ruled that the Obama Administration’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) violated the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and ignored the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Hobby Lobby decision when it sued a Christian funeral home for terminating a transgender man who refused to comply with the funeral home’s dress code.
The Obama administration has been handed a significant legal loss, as a federal judge ruled that it could not force a Christian business owner to employ a transgender man who dresses as a woman. The judge’s decision also questioned the administration’s reason for filing the lawsuit.
The Obama administration’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued a Detroit-area funeral home that would not allow an undertaker to dress as a woman while interacting with grieving customers.
While the decision may, ultimately, be overturned on appeal to higher courts, it is a victory in the ongoing war being waged by the LGBT zombies against those who hold Christian beliefs.
The ACLU, in an amicus brief, said the notion of protecting religious liberty in employment decisions is “staggering.”
But constitutionalists say the case is a victory for freedom of conscience over an intrusive federal government.
“The government must respect the freedom of those who are seeking to serve the grieving and vulnerable,” said Doug Wardlow, an attorney with the Alliance Defending Freedom, who argued the case in court last Thursday.
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