Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) publicly ditched his Harvard University graduation hood on Wednesday during his address at the commencement of Yeshiva University, a religious Jewish college in New York.
Yeshiva University faces the dilemma of temporarily embracing LGBT policies that violate the school’s Jewish faith or risking contempt of court, after the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to lift a temporary stay that protected the school while administrators defend the religious institution against a discrimination lawsuit.
The U.S. Supreme Court has halted a New York court ruling ordering Yeshiva University, an Orthodox Jewish university in New York City, to “immediately” approve the LGBT student group “Pride Alliance,” in violation of its religious beliefs.
Yeshiva University, an Orthodox Jewish university in New York City, has filed an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court after a state supreme court judge ordered the school to “immediately” approve the LGBT student group “Pride Alliance,” in violation of its religious beliefs.
