Commentary
LGBTQ advocates are winning political backing and legal guarantees with lightning speed. Only a decade ago, President Barack Obama still claimed to oppose gay marriage, a position that would be unthinkable for him now. He evolved.
But politics and religion are different. Politicians may be able to turn on a dime. Christian and Hebrew colleges and universities are saying, “not so fast.” Christianity is 2,000 years old, and Jewish teachings are even older. LGBTQ advocates are audaciously demanding that the tenets of these faiths be changed immediately to accommodate gay rights and gay activities on campus.
On Friday, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor temporarily halted an order from a New York court compelling Yeshiva University to recognize the YU Pride Alliance as an official university club with funding and listing in school publications….