Posts Categorized: Privacy rights
Independence Law Center Files SCOTUS Brief Arguing for Bodily Privacy in Schools
March 26, 2021 | No comments | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags:
The Independence Law Center today filed an amici brief with the United States Supreme Court on behalf of students in the Boyertown Area School District and Wayne Highlands School District. The brief describes how students have been sexually harassed and … Read more
The So-Called Equality Act Harms the Vulnerable and Strips Away Religious Freedom
March 23, 2021 | 4 comments | Posted in Counseling, First Amendment, Free Speech, Gender, Parental rights, Privacy rights, Religious Freedom, Uncategorized | Tags:
The Equality Act is an effort to create a special class in law based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression (SOGI), which would penalize Americans for their beliefs about marriage and biological sex. Even without such laws, large corporations and … Read more
Reaction to Biden’s Executive Order That Threatens Privacy Rights and Women’s Sports
January 21, 2021 | 3 comments | Posted in Gender, Privacy rights | Tags:
One of the first actions by President Joe Biden on his Inauguration Day was signing an executive order on “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.” Included in his order:
“Children should be able … Read more
Proposed State Bills Would Harm Freedoms, Not Promote Tolerance and Diversity
February 3, 2020 | 6 comments | Posted in Privacy rights, Religious Freedom, Sexuality | Tags: HB1404, SB224, SB614
Protections for religious freedom and privacy rights here in Pennsylvania are in jeopardy with a renewed push … Read more
SCOTUS Declines Boyertown Case, Misses Opportunity to Protect Bodily Privacy for All Students
May 28, 2019 | 1 comment | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags:
The Independence Law Center today expressed disappointment with today’s announcement by the US Supreme Court rejecting its appeal in the personal privacy case involving students in the Boyertown Area School District. The case, Joel Doe et al. v. Boyertown Area … Read more
Pray for the Boyertown Six and the U.S. Supreme Court
February 18, 2019 | 9 comments | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags: Boyertown, US Supreme Court
***UPDATE: The review of the Boyertown student privacy lawsuit by the U.S Supreme Court was scheduled for today (Friday, February 22nd). However, the court chose to reschedule consideration of the case. We do not yet have a new date, but … Read more
Student Privacy Lawsuit Filed with Supreme Court
November 19, 2018 | 3 comments | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags: Boyertown, Privacy, SCOTUS
(November 19, 2018) Today the Harrisburg-based Independence Law Center and the Alliance Defending Freedom filed a petition for review before the U.S. Supreme Court … Read more
Unelected Commission Implements Changes that Alarmingly Impact Your Freedom
September 6, 2018 | No comments | Posted in Privacy rights, Religious Freedom | Tags: discrimination, pennsylvania, PHRC, Sex
Bypassing the PA General Assembly, an unelected Commission is changing the way it views the word “sex” in Pennsylvania’s civil rights law, raising serious concerns for religious freedom and personal privacy.
PA Human Relations Commission (PHRC), a group of nine … Read more
Attorneys, Student Respond to 3rd Circuit Ruling Against Student Privacy
May 24, 2018 | 2 comments | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags: Boyertown
On Thursday, May 24, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled against student privacy in Doe v. Boyertown Area School District. Six courageous students from the Boyertown Area School District have been forced to defend their … Read more
Thursday, May 24 – Pray for the Boyertown Six
May 22, 2018 | No comments | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags: Boyertown
Imagine this: You’re Mary Smith (fictitious name), one of the students in the Boyertown student privacy court case. Every time you go into the girls bathroom you wonder if whether there’s a boy in there. You have already had a … Read more