Attorneys have filed a total of six lawsuits on behalf of evangelical
colleges against the mandate: Biola and Grace join Wheaton College, Geneva College, Colorado Christian University, and Louisiana College.
Not exact matches
In February 2012, at the height of the battle over the HHS
mandate, William Thierfelder, the president of Belmont Abbey
College, was interviewed by the Washington Post about the school's legal fight
against the
mandate.
Moreover, the joint legal action filed
against the
mandate by Wheaton
College and The Catholic University of America demonstrates that the differences between the two groups on this point are less dramatic than Tooley admits.
On Tuesday, Wheaton
College and Belmont Abbey
College won a legal round
against the HHS contraceptive
mandate not only for themselves, but for all fellow plaintiffs as a D.C. appeals court prompted the Obama administration to promise not to enforce the
mandate (as currently written) and — on top of that — regularly report on its progress toward new rules that better protect religious freedom.
In the wake of Wheaton
College winning an important legal round
against the HHS contraceptive
mandate this week, Hobby Lobby received a ruling of its own.
Other Becket clients with cases
against the
mandate include Christian Brothers Services, Christian Brothers Employee Benefit Trust, Houston Baptist and East Texas Baptist Universities, Reaching Souls International, Truett - McConnell
College, GuideStone Financial Services of the Southern Baptist Convention, Colorado Christian University, Wheaton
College, Ave Maria University, Belmont Abbey
College, and Eternal Word Television Network.