August 14, 2023
Education Dept. Exempts Baylor From Protecting Gay Students From Harassment—or Did It?
The Biden administration has told Baylor University (TX) that it may be exempt from federal rules relating to the harassment of students based on their LGBTQ+ status, if it can show that doing so conflicts with its religious tenets. But the Education Department has not yet granted Baylor's request to dismiss complaints to the department from LGBTQ+ students that prompted the university to seek the exemption.