The first lawsuit in the country challenging a university’s spouses-only housing policies is currently before New York’s high court, the American Civil Liberties Union reports. The ACLU lawsuit seeks to strike down a Yeshiva University policy that offers subsidized housing only for graduate students and their spouses.
“Under policies like Yeshiva’s, 100 percent of straight couples have access to this housing, but zero percent of gay couples do,” said Matt Coles, Director of the ACLU Lesbian & Gay Rights Project. “Under any reasonable definition, that’s discrimination.”
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