Summary
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit over the discharge of an employee who refused to comply with a Michigan funeral home’s sex-specific dress code, which requires employees to dress in a manner sensitive to grieving family members and friends. The EEOC attempted to force the business to allow a biologically male employee to wear a female uniform while interacting with the public.
Press Releases
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ImageJune 15th, 2020US Supreme Court redefines ‘sex’ in federal law
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ImageAugust 26th, 2019Broad support filed with US Supreme Court against judicial redefinition of ‘sex’ to mean ‘gender identity’
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ImageAugust 16th, 2019ADF to Supreme Court: Redefining 'sex' problematic, not job of judges, govt agencies
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ImageApril 22nd, 2019US Supreme Court to weigh in on whether EEOC, courts can redefine ‘sex’ without Congress
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ImageJuly 20th, 2018ADF asks US Supreme Court to weigh in on whether EEOC and court can redefine ‘sex’ without Congress
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ImageMarch 7th, 20186th Circuit: Feds can strong-arm those who minister to the grieving
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ImageAugust 18th, 2016Funeral home buries federal govt in Michigan religious freedom case
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ImageApril 8th, 2016ADF: Govt shouldn’t strong-arm those who minister to the grieving
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Additional Resources
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U.S. Supreme Court oral argument transcript and audio
John Bursch: What the ACLU didn’t tell you at the Emmys about the Harris Supreme Court case (Washington Examiner, 2019-09-26)
John Bursch: Much at stake in transgender Supreme Court case (Detroit News, 2019-09-25)
John Bursch: SCOTUS must reaffirm the meaning of ‘sex’ in antidiscrimination law (National Review, 2019-08-19)
John Bursch: This lawsuit over ‘sex’ and ‘gender identity’ will have sweeping implications (Daily Signal, 2019-07-26)
Thomas Rost: I did what was best for my business. Will the Supreme Court punish me for it? (Washington Post, 2019-07-03)
John Bursch: HHS restores legal meaning of ‘sex’—what will US Supreme Court, Congress do? (The Hill, 2019-06-13)
Kristen Waggoner: The Left preaches diversity while forcing conformity through culture and courts (The Federalist, 2019-06-11)
Kristen Waggoner: Bureaucrats shouldn’t be involved in gender politics at funeral homes (Daily Caller, 2019-05-01)
Jeana Hallock: SCOTUS to rule on whether men can wear women’s clothes on the job (The Federalist, 2019-04-29)
Thomas Rost: EEOC uses my funeral homes to rewrite laws (Detroit News, 2019-04-25)
David Cortman: Keep the government out of the grieving process (National Review, 2019-04-23)
Jay Hobbs: Should grieving families be forced to deal with a cross-dressing funeral home employee? (Daily Caller, 2018-11-25)
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