Transgender Discrimination and Churches in Iowa and Massachusetts / Non-discrimination Law and Religious Exemptions / Conservative Christians Have “Lost” the Culture Wars: Now It’s Payback!
This article examines the tension between anti-discrimination laws protecting transgender individuals and religious liberty protections for churches in Iowa and Massachusetts. McGeown analyzes specific legal cases and regulatory language to explore how secular governments may attempt to define churches' "bona fide religious purposes" and the implications for Christian institutional autonomy. The resource addresses how Reformed believers should think about cultural engagement and the church's relationship to civil authority in an increasingly secular legal landscape.
Transgender Discrimination and Churches in Iowa and Massachusetts In a recent submission to the "All Around Us" rubric (vol. 92, No. 18 [ July 2016]) I reported that across the Western world anti-discrimination laws are being amended to include protection for "transgendered" individuals, that is, for persons who "identify as" a gender different from the biological gender "assigned to them" at birth. Two U.S. states, Iowa and Massachusetts, have made the headlines recently because of a...
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