The North Dakota Catholic Conference represented by Christopher Dodson is seeking to be a policy maker that will refuse gender equality to students. There is no place for clergy on the Board of Trustees and therefore should not be pressuring the public to discriminate on a public campus.
January 12, 2021By Adam Kurtz
UND will hold a press conference on Friday, Jan. 15, (click here) to respond to a letter penned by Christopher Dodson, executive director and general counsel of the North Dakota Catholic Conference, about the university’s proposed gender inclusion policy.
The letter, dated Jan. 10 and posted on the Catholic Conference’s social media page , was written by Dodson on behalf of Bishops David D. Kagan and John T. Folda. It urges parents with children set to attend a university to consider “the campus environment and whether it is conducive or hostile to not only the Catholic faith, but also the truth about the human person,” when choosing which school to attend.
The letter singles out UND due to a proposed policy that would require students, administrators and others on campus to use names, gendered references and pronouns that match a person’s stated gender identity.
Previously the Herald reported on the proposed policy , which would make intentionally misgendering a person to be an act of discrimination.
