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September 12, 2016

Attending a Church Dinner in Massachusetts? Watch Thy Pronouns

Lest thou be guilty of sex-based “discrimination.”

At the beginning of this month, a Massachusetts commission issued its official “Gender Identity Guidance.” The document, which explains state regulations prohibiting sex-based “discrimination,” notes that the laws apply to public accommodations—and that “a church could be seen as a place of public accommodation if it holds a secular event, such as a spaghetti supper, that is open to the general public.” Eugene Volokh comments:

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September 12, 2016

  1. The U.S. Didn’t Owe Iran $1.7 Billion

    But the White House refuses to disclose its calculations.

  2. Mahmoud Abbas Probably Worked for the KGB. Does It Matter?

    His former handler is Putin’s Middle East envoy.

  3. Attending a Church Dinner in Massachusetts? Watch Thy Pronouns

    Lest thou be guilty of sex-based “discrimination.”

  4. A Surrealistic Film Tackles the Ghosts of Poland’s Jewish Past

    Demon.

  5. China Cracks Down on Its Jews

    Repression in Kaifeng.