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"Former members of Amy Coney Barrett’s secretive faith group, the People of
Praise, are calling on the US supreme court justice to recuse herself from an
upcoming case involving gay rights, saying Barrett’s continued affiliation with
the Christian group means she has participated in discriminatory policies
against LGBTQ+ people.
The former members are part of a network of “survivors” of the controversial
charismatic group who say Barrett’s “lifelong and continued” membership in the
People of Praise make her too biased to fairly adjudicate an upcoming case that
will decide whether private business owners have a right to decline services to
potential clients based on their sexual orientation.
They point to Barrett’s former role on the board of Trinity Schools Inc, a
private group of Christian schools that is affiliated with the People of Praise
and, in effect, barred children of same-sex parents from attending the school.
A faculty guide published in 2015, the year Barrett joined the board, said
“blatant sexual immorality” – which the guide said included “homosexual acts” –
had “no place in the culture of Trinity Schools”. The discriminatory policies
were in place before and after Barrett joined.
The schools’ attitude, the former People of Praise members said, reflect the
Christian group’s staunchly anti-gay beliefs and adherence to traditional
family values, including – they say – expelling or ostracizing members of the
People of Praise “community” who came out as gay later in life or their gay
children."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
