Citing its status as a “passionately Catholic institution” that observes “objective reality,” the Franciscan University of Steubenville has rejected recent changes to Title IX, allowing “gender identity” to be used as a basis for sex discrimination.
The prominent Catholic university based in Ohio will continue using biological sex as the basis to separate students in housing, restrooms, locker rooms, and sports teams.
Father Dave Pivonka TOR, the president of Franciscan University, sent a letter informing students that, as a religious school, the federal government’s altering of Title IX did not impact the university because it conflicted with Catholic teaching.
Franciscan University of Steubenville campus. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)
“We believe in the inherent dignity of every human person,” Pivonka
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