Bloomberg Law
Sept. 14, 2022, 9:25 PMUpdated: Sept. 14, 2022, 9:59 PM

Justices Reject Yeshiva University Over LGBTQ Group, For Now (1)

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
Reporter

The US Supreme Court declined to intervene to stop the establishment of an LGBTQ student club at New York’s Yeshiva University, saying the school had other avenues it could pursue before the justices had to get involved.

The question of whether recognizing the undergraduate pride student group would violate the school’s religious rights could yet come back to the justices, the court said in an unsigned opinion.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Sept. 9 temporarily stayed a New York state court order requiring the school to give YU Pride Alliance “the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges afforded to ...