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Federal Judge Blocks HHS Transgender Surgery Mandate for Religious Employers

A federal district court has blocked the enforcement of a U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) mandate that would force nonprofit and for-profit religious employers to cover transgender surgery and care. The legal effort is being led by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which is representing Christian Employers Alliance (CEA).

District Judge Daniel M. Taynor, who sits on the U.S. District Court of North Dakota, ruled on May 16 that CEA is likely to win the case on its “merits.”

He also concluded, “No government agency ought to be in the business of evaluating the sincerity of another’s religious beliefs.”

ADF Legal Counsel Jacob Reed, who argued the case on behalf of CEA, celebrated the decision.

“All employers and healthcare providers, including those in the Christian Employers Alliance, have the constitutional right to conduct their business and render treatment in a manner consistent with their deeply held religious beliefs,” he said. “The employers we represent believe that God purposefully created humans as either male or female, and so it would violate their religious beliefs to pay for or perform life-altering medical procedures or surgeries that seek to change one’s biological sex. The court was on firm ground to halt enforcement of these unlawful mandates that disrespect people of faith.”

Announced in March 2022, the Biden administration explained that it would “interpret and enforce section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act’s prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sex in certain health programs to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.”

This change would force employers who receive any federal financial assistance for health insurance and health activities, including hospitals, to cover transgender surgeries and procedures on their health plan. As there are reportedly 726 faith-based hospitals in the United States, representing roughly 11% of all hospitals, that could impact tens of thousands of Americans.

ADF also challenged HHS’s “reinterpretation of ‘sex’ in federal law to include gender identity, thereby forcing religious healthcare providers who receive federal funding to physically perform or facilitate surgeries and procedures that conflict with their deeply held religious beliefs.”

Shannon Royce, who is the president of CEA, said in a statement after the initial hearing in April: “Despite this Administration’s grave overreach of its purpose and authority, CEA counts it a privilege to stand for truth—that all people are created in the image of God as male or female. These mandates are crippling for the countless Christian-owned and operated businesses seeking to care well for their employees without the fear of punishing fines, burdensome litigation costs, the loss of federal funds, and even criminal penalties.

“As stewards of the health and safety of our valued employees, it is unconscionable and unconstitutional to be mandated to provide, pay for, or promote services and procedures that directly contradict our deeply held religious beliefs.”

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Amir Tsarfati: For Israel To Be Safe, The Cancerous Tumor Of Hamas Has To Be Removed

This has been a very disappointing week as Israel has watched the United States separating itself from us. Through ultimatums, threats to withhold arms, vote abstentions, and condescending rhetoric, the Biden administration has made it clear that it believes that “peace at all costs” between Israel and Hamas is necessary for a November reelection.

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Purim: Jewish Survival Isn’t Contingent On The World’s Hostility, But The Power Of God

Today, we have the same spirit of the annihilation of the Jews coming from the same part of the world. Modern Iranian leaders are obsessed with the spirit of Haman even today. We don’t need an Esther in the palace anymore. We need the prayers of the saints worldwide.

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A federal district court has blocked the enforcement of a U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) mandate that would force nonprofit and for-profit religious employers to cover transgender surgery and care. The legal effort is being led by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which is representing Christian Employers Alliance (CEA).

District Judge Daniel M. Taynor, who sits on the U.S. District Court of North Dakota, ruled on May 16 that CEA is likely to win the case on its “merits.”

He also concluded, “No government agency ought to be in the business of evaluating the sincerity of another’s religious beliefs.”

ADF Legal Counsel Jacob Reed, who argued the case on behalf of CEA, celebrated the decision.

“All employers and healthcare providers, including those in the Christian Employers Alliance, have the constitutional right to conduct their business and render treatment in a manner consistent with their deeply held religious beliefs,” he said. “The employers we represent believe that God purposefully created humans as either male or female, and so it would violate their religious beliefs to pay for or perform life-altering medical procedures or surgeries that seek to change one’s biological sex. The court was on firm ground to halt enforcement of these unlawful mandates that disrespect people of faith.”

Announced in March 2022, the Biden administration explained that it would “interpret and enforce section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act’s prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sex in certain health programs to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.”

This change would force employers who receive any federal financial assistance for health insurance and health activities, including hospitals, to cover transgender surgeries and procedures on their health plan. As there are reportedly 726 faith-based hospitals in the United States, representing roughly 11% of all hospitals, that could impact tens of thousands of Americans.

ADF also challenged HHS’s “reinterpretation of ‘sex’ in federal law to include gender identity, thereby forcing religious healthcare providers who receive federal funding to physically perform or facilitate surgeries and procedures that conflict with their deeply held religious beliefs.”

Shannon Royce, who is the president of CEA, said in a statement after the initial hearing in April: “Despite this Administration’s grave overreach of its purpose and authority, CEA counts it a privilege to stand for truth—that all people are created in the image of God as male or female. These mandates are crippling for the countless Christian-owned and operated businesses seeking to care well for their employees without the fear of punishing fines, burdensome litigation costs, the loss of federal funds, and even criminal penalties.

“As stewards of the health and safety of our valued employees, it is unconscionable and unconstitutional to be mandated to provide, pay for, or promote services and procedures that directly contradict our deeply held religious beliefs.”

Will You Help Reach People With Biblical Truth?

When you make a donation to this ministry you will be helping us reach more people with the sound and unashamed truth of God’s Word and how it speaks to our times through world news.

A Remnant May Be Cheap And Worthless By The World’s Standards, But Not By God’s

But to God, those He considers “remnants” are assigned a high value indeed, since He sets them aside to undertake His high and holy calling. Likewise, the remnant church may be hated by the world and disliked by Laodicean-era churches, but God has a distinct purpose for them.

Amir Tsarfati: For Israel To Be Safe, The Cancerous Tumor Of Hamas Has To Be Removed

This has been a very disappointing week as Israel has watched the United States separating itself from us. Through ultimatums, threats to withhold arms, vote abstentions, and condescending rhetoric, the Biden administration has made it clear that it believes that “peace at all costs” between Israel and Hamas is necessary for a November reelection.

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Purim: Jewish Survival Isn’t Contingent On The World’s Hostility, But The Power Of God

Today, we have the same spirit of the annihilation of the Jews coming from the same part of the world. Modern Iranian leaders are obsessed with the spirit of Haman even today. We don’t need an Esther in the palace anymore. We need the prayers of the saints worldwide.

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