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College Allowed to Ban LGBT, Unwed Moms
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Carson-Newman University is a four year, liberal arts Southern Baptist college in Jefferson City, Tennessee.
It is now also a college that has legally won the right to discriminate, based on sexual orientation and unfair, old-fashioned gendered expectations of women.
The university, at the behest of their attorney, applied for and received a Title IX exemption waiver, allowing them to bypass federal non-discrimination laws.
Title IX is a federal law which directly prohibits discrimination based on sex in higher education.
The law allows for any school “controlled by a religious organization” to seek an exemption if complying “would not be consistent with the religious tenants of such organization.”
Carson-Newman’s exemption allows the college to reject those who live in conflict with its interpretation of Christianity. This includes LGBT peoples, unwed mothers, women who have had abortions, and non-married women who may be pregnant.
“This is who we are as a Christian university,” he told CBS affiliate WVLT on Monday. “These are our religious principles, and in a changing world, we would like to reaffirm that this is who we are and who we intend to be.”
Read More (Also includes video of University President defending this)
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Title IX, as stated by the article, is the federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in higher education. It is commonly cited to prevent sex discrimination in school sports and academics, but it is also crucial for helping victims and survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and rape in universities. Sexual orientation and gender expression also fall under the "sex" category, meaning that Title IX protects LGBT+ students. Apparently schools can get out of following Title IX if it "goes against their university's religious beliefs."
Also keep in mind that many states will be attempting to pass "religious freedom" legislation in the next few months, with the hopes of allowing businesses, employers, etc to discriminate against LGBT+ people (and, oftentimes, women).
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Good luck to them, then. 
Let me go join.
Like 8 people live there and they're all related
