A New York State judge has ruled that the Yeshiva University must approve the creation of an LGBT student group on its campus, even though the club goes against the Jewish institution’s guiding religious beliefs.
Lynn Kotler, a judge in the New York County Supreme Court, ruled Tuesday that the Yeshiva University Pride Alliance must be provided with “full equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges afforded to all other student groups.”
In her ruling, Kotler said Yeshiva is chartered as an “educational corporation” rather than a religious institution, and therefore is subject to New York City’s anti-discrimination law, just like other secular colleges and universities….