The College of the Ozarks, a small Christian-based college in Missouri is filing suit against the Biden administration over a mandate issued in February by the Department of Housing and Urban Development directing that institutions receiving federal funding allow biological males to use female accommodations.
According to HUD, colleges receiving federal funds via student loans, contracts, and grants are subject to “fair housing laws.”
The college is being represented by Alliance Defending Freedom attorney Ryan Bangert. Bangert suggested that biological females affected by the rule have rights, too and shouldn’t be forced to share their dorm rooms with males.
The rule was issued in response to an executive order signed earlier by President Joe Biden extending additional special protections for LGBTQ individuals.
Bangert told Fox News, “Even if the College of the Ozarks gave up every last penny of federal money that it receives, it would still be subject to this Fair Housing Act requirement that was imposed really in the dead of night by an administrative agency without any notice or comment to the public or input by affected parties.”
The ADF attorney said the rule should have been first subject to public notice and comment periods, as required by federal law.