It's Friday,

Friday, September 23rd, 2022.

I'm Albert Moller and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events

from a Christian worldview.

Some interesting developments in the case of yeshiva University in New York.

It turns out that this really is an even bigger story than we had understood at first. You'll recall that the background

is that just a matter of months ago a state court judge there in New York had ruled that

the historically Jewish University must recognize an LGBTQ student group.

The judge had made the ruling that Yeshiva University is a secular institution serving

an academic purpose rather than being a religious institution and thus qualified

for what would constitute a religious exemption. I've argued from the beginning that that is a distinction that simply will not hold water.

That's a distinction that is very threatening, not only to Yeshiva University, but to any

range of Christian and other religious institutions that are seeking to operate by their own

doctrinal convictions and their own moral codes. But as we're thinking about

Yeshiva University, the reality is that the threat against Yeshiva is a threat that could be brought

against any Christian institution.

And the stance taken by Yeshiva is one that demands a much closer attention.

Now, we discussed in recent days some very recent turns in this story.

It has to do, first of all, with Yeshiva University

appealing to the Supreme Court of the United States for relief.

The judge, the justice, who is responsible for that region of the country,

Justice Sonia Sautamior, had granted a temporary stay, giving the university some relief from the

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