Dominican Sisters Challenge NY State Gender-Identity Law

Nuns caring for cancer patients challenge NY LGBT law forcing them to 'violate' beliefs on sex

Catholic nuns who have cared for terminally ill patients in New York for over a century have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state law they say forces them to violate their religious beliefs about sex and gender identity.  #CatholicChurch #religiousfreedom #Christianfaith #faithandculture #transgender

POLITICS: New York nuns forced to fight back against crazy gender law

Just when we thought that gender ideology nonsense and pronoun tyranny had died off, there’s a story that reminds us how deeply entrenched it is in our society. This week, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, NY, who run Rosary Hill Home — a Catholic hospice for the impoverished — filed a lawsuit accusing the state of violating their constitutional rights. It relates to a 2024 law that requires the facility to affirm gender identity in regard to …

Catholic sisters sue for exemption to LGBTQ+ rights law in NY nursing homes

(RNS) — A community of Catholic sisters who provide skilled nursing care for poor, terminally ill cancer patients is suing New York state health leaders in federal court, seeking a religious exemption from the state’s law protecting the rights of LGBTQ+ long-term care facility residents. The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne argued in the lawsuit, filed Monday (April 6) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, that they and…

Dominican Sisters Challenge NY State Gender-Identity Law

A photo shows Dominican postulant Anna Harper, a native of Baton Rouge, La., and Dominican Sister Carmela Marie, a native of Hinatuan, Philippines, visiting with patient Edna MacCready at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, N.Y. Rosary Hill was founded by Rose Hawthorne, later known as Mother Mary Alphonsa. She also founded the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, and on March 14, 2024, Pope Francis advanced her sainthood cause by declaring her venerable.…