Yeshiva University Suspends Clubs After SCOTUS Ruling

Facts

• Yeshiva University in NY has suspended all student clubs, following a SCOTUS ruling forcing it to recognize LGBTQ+ student organizations on campus pending further court actions.
• In an email to students on Friday, the university said it will "hold off on all undergraduate club activities" while it takes steps to follow the roadmap provided by SCOTUS to protect YU's religious freedom.
• This dispute started with the university's Pride Alliance seeking full recognition from the school, which is an Orthodox Jewish institution. A NY state court sided with the Pride Alliance, and SCOTUS didn't put a hold on that ruling.
• In a 5-4 SCOTUS decision, conservative justices Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts joined the court's three liberal justices to rule that if the university doesn't get temporary relief from the state courts, it can bring the case to the high court.
• While the university's Pride Alliance says it "seeks a safe space on campus, nothing more," the school responded that recognizing the group "would violate its sincere religious beliefs."
• The matter remains on appeal in the state judicial system, though judges in those courts have refused to put the order on hold in the meantime.

Sources: New York Post, CBS, FOX News, and ABC.

Narratives

• Right narrative, as provided by Daily Wire. This case affects the future of Yeshiva University and the First Amendment rights of all American religious institutions. Since the government has chosen to tell Yeshiva how a faith-based school can operate, the university has rightly decided to halt all student clubs until the legal process has been sorted out.
• Left narrative, as provided by Daily Kos. Religious freedom shouldn't be used as a smoke screen for discriminative policies. Yeshiva University is overreacting to a ruling that promotes a safe and inclusive student body. Many Yeshiva graduate schools have welcomed LGBTQ+ clubs for decades, proving the university's current argument baseless.