Anti-DEI Disney Investors Press Vote on Abandoning LGBTQ Index – Bloomberg Law
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The American Civil Rights Project is filing a Title VII complaint against the American Bar Association over its “judicial clerkship program,” which is only open to women, people with a disability, LGBTQ people, people of color and those who have “overcome social or economic disadvantages.”
Under Biden, the amount of money government-run DEI programs have cost this country is estimated to be $1.1 trillion. Now, the effort is to root DEI out of institutions like the ABA, which set standards that affect critical American institutions, namely, our judiciary. A call for ABA to no longer be recognized as an accrediting authority has already begun, but no political leader has outright supported the move just yet.
Getting DEI out of America’s institutions won’t be easy, as even now these institutions work to try to hide their de facto DEI offices and efforts under “creative names,” such as “Retention and Success” as used by one Connecticut college.
The Risk of Making Religious Freedom a DEI Issue – Patheos
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Is Religious Freedom a DEI Issue?
That’s why the recent debate about religion in DEI efforts caught my attention. Some thought leaders have expressed concern about the impact on religious tolerance if DEI programs are reduced. But I question whether religious freedom is a DEI issue.
Freedom of religion in the US isn’t about diversity. It’s a fundamental right of being American, reflected in the diverse cultures of our federated system.
A Founding Principle, Not a Program
This idea—that faith should stand on its own, free from government control—goes back to our Founding Fathers. While serving as Ambassador to France, Benjamin Franklin corresponded with Richard Price, a Welsh philosopher and Unitarian minister, about religion’s role in society. Franklin made the following observation: if a belief is strong, it will sustain itself. However, if it needs government support to survive, that says more about the religion than the government. His words reflect a core American belief: religious freedom isn’t granted by institutions—it’s an inherent right that must be protected, not managed.
What This Means for the Workplace
That belief carries into the workplace today. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects employees from religious discrimination and requires reasonable accommodations, like flexible schedules for religious observances, religious attire exceptions, or private spaces for prayer—unless they create an undue hardship for the employer. Public employees also have First Amendment protections. Employers must respect religious expression but can set limits if it disrupts work.
‘Straight up illegal’: Conservative groups file complaint against ABA for discrimination in clerkship program– www.thecollegefix.com
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ABA must ‘stop treating people based on DEI’ to comply with law, group leader says
Four conservative public interest groups and law firms have recently lodged a Title VII complaint against the American Bar Association, accusing it of racial and sex-based discrimination.
American Civil Rights Project Executive Director Dan Morenoff told The College Fix via phone interview the ABA’s “judicial clerkship programs” are the clearest breach of the law among all of its programs.
The ABA’s website states the program aims to promote “full and equal participation by all lawyers.”
Further, only women, those with a disability, those who “identify” as LGBTQ+, people of color, or those who have “overcome social or economic disadvantages” will be considered for the program.
Biden’s DEI initiatives cost more than you think– www.louderwithcrowder.com
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A study was released on March 10, 2025 that was able to finally put a dollar amount on former Vice President Joe Biden’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion measures and that amount is $1.1 trillion. This includes 460 programs across 24 federal agencies. Some of these you’ve probably already heard about, but let’s dig in, shall we?
Despite what Leftists say, there actually is no need for DEI programs anywhere in the country. Things like the 14th Amendment, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, and many, many Supreme Court rulings have made DEI programs redundant.
Connecticut College replaces DEI office with ‘Retention and Success’ division– www.thecollegefix.com
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‘Colleges and universities are reconfiguring and rebranding DEI efforts in order to avoid scrutiny,’ professor says As diversity, equity, and inclusion programs lose footing due to state and federal pushback, Connecticut College has decided to launch a new division to interweave “equity and inclusion efforts” throughout its institution. Titled the Division of Retention and Success…
Senate passes military spending bill, cutting child sex changes, DEI | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Johnson told reporters about the efforts pushed to improve the military, “We improved housing for our military families and other benefits, and it’s also why we stopped funds from going to CRT in our military academies.”
The Senate passed a defense spending bill that also bans funding for child sex changes as well as goes after DEI in the military. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will cost $895 billion.
After passing in the House last week and getting passed through the Senate, the NDAA goes to President Joe Biden’s desk for a vote. Although it passed with bipartisan votes, many Democrats were in strong opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson slipping in provisions to ban military healthcare funds going to sex changes for minors as well as cuts to DEI, the Daily Mail reported.
The package is the most expensive one yet, nearing $900 billion, and is around $10 billion more than the funding that went to the military last year. The military spending vote is usually pretty bipartisan, however, with Johnson’s add-ons, some Democrats were obstinately against the military spending. This comes as there has been heightened conflict around the world, both in the Russia-Ukraine war as well as the warring nations and factions in the Middle East.
The Network Contagion Research Institute released a report called “Instructing Animosity: How DEI Pedagogy Produces the Hostile Attribution Bias.” The study reveals that efforts by institutions to force their employees (directly or indirectly) to go through DEI training is creating more hatred, more division, than it alleges it will eliminate.
From the Report, “While not representative of all DEI pedagogy, ‘anti-racism’ and ‘anti-oppression’ pedagogy and intervention materials have seen widespread adoption across sectors like higher education and healthcare.”
This means the catastrophic effects of forcing an ideology of hate on people is about to hit most of our major institutions, including healthcare, a fact that has already caused this writer to reduce dependence on the current healthcare system as it exists today.
Diversity Training Linked to Increased Animosity Toward Others– www.dailysignal.com
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion has made society meaner—mean enough to accept Hitlerian terms when describing out-groups and seeking to exact revenge on perceived oppressors.
This was all common sense to many of us years ago, but it’s nice that we now have a study that substantiates our perception.
The report, released Nov. 25 by the always-good Network Contagion Research Institute and titled “Instructing Animosity: How DEI Pedagogy Produces the Hostile Attribution Bias,” describes how groups that were exposed to writings by DEI retailers Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo reacted compared to control groups that were instead given anodyne texts on technical material.
Every time, members of the groups under the spell of Kendi and DiAngelo or similar writers looked for discrimination under every bed, found offense in “microaggressions” that did not exist, and, more worryingly, sought to penalize those they wrongly identified as having committed these transgressions.
Lest we forget, this comes from an approach that promised “better discussions, decisions, and outcomes for everyone,” according to Google CEO Sundar Pichai. DEI is “the key to growth,” according to activist Jesse Jackson, and something that “creates safer and fairer workplaces,” according to Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif.