Former members of Amy Coney Barrett’s secretive faith group, the People of Praise, are calling on the U.S. supreme court justice to recuse herself from an upcoming case involving gay rights.
A faculty guide published in 2015, the year Barrett joined the board, said “blatant sexual immorality” – which the guide said included “homosexual acts” – had “no place in the culture of Trinity Schools”. The discriminatory policies were in place before and after Barrett joined.
Questions about the People of Praise’s attitude toward LGBTQ+ members and their families, and Trinity Schools’ policies, have resurfaced because the supreme court will hear oral arguments on 5 December in the case of 303 Creative LLC v Elenis. But some former members of the faith group say they see a big difference between judges who have faith and are religious, and Barrett’s affiliation with the People of Praise, a tight-knit community whose members agree to aLike other charismatic Christian groups that were established in the 1970s, People of Praise members attend regular meetings, are encouraged to live communally, practice speaking in tongues and adhere to guidelines set by male leaders, or heads of a community.
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