This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Leftists in Colorado apparently can learn, as they have agreed to settle quickly the latest lawsuit challenging their agenda to impose their LGBT faith on all groups in the state, including Christian camps for children.
The ADF has announced that a settlement has been reached with the state in which the extremists in power have agreed not to enforce their transgender demands on a Christian camp for children, IdRaHaJe, named after the traditional hymn "I'd Rather Have Jesus."
Earlier court fights over the anti-Christian policies and practices adopted by state officials already have cost taxpayers millions, and those continue to mount.
The newest case was filed just a month ago, and challenged a decision by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood to impose its transgender ideologies on all camps for children.
The settlement "allows the camp to operate without compromising its religious and commonsense beliefs about biological sex," the legal team explained.
The state agency had tried to force licensed resident camps to allow campers to use the private facilities of the opposite sex. That would mean letting boys into girls bedrooms and showers at the Christian camp, and vice versa.
"As part of the settlement, Colorado agreed not to take any enforcement action against Camp IdRaHaJe for violation of the gender identity requirements. The state is also clarifying in a memo on its website and in administrative guides that 'churches, synagogues, mosques, or any other place that is principally used for religious purposes' are exempt from the requirements," the ADF said.
"Government officials should never put a dangerous ideology ahead of kids," explained lawyer Andrea Dill. "State officials must respect religious ministries and their beliefs about human sexuality; they can't force a Christian summer camp to violate its convictions. We're pleased that Camp IdRaHaJe is again free to operate as it has for more than 75 years: as a Christian summer camp that accepts all campers without fear of being punished for its beliefs."
The camp has operated on acreage near Bailey, Colorado, since 1948, and has maintained a resident camp license in the state since 1995.
Leftists in Colorado's government recently pushed their radical transgender beliefs through the agency that issues camp licenses, demanding that campers be allowed "access bathing, dressing, and sleeping facilities designated for the opposite sex."
State officials then refused the camp's request for permission to operate consistent with its faith.
WND reported when the case was filed that it was just the latest in a long list of court disputes over the beliefs state officials insist on imposing on residents.
The state, run by leftist Democrat Gov. Jared Polis, Democrat-majority House and Senate bodies, and an all-Democrat state Supreme Court that in pursuit of its partisan agenda tried to bar President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential election ballot, has taken actions dating back years already in its pro-LGBT, pro-abortion ideologies.
The problem is they conflict with the Constitution, as the Supreme Court already has ruled multiple times.
One of the latest fights is in court in a case brought by Defending Education, which sued Colorado over its new law that also punishes parents who don't support transgender beliefs adopted by their children.
That legislative plan created a standard that makes it "a discriminatory act to refuse to call trans-identifying individuals by their chosen name."
The state already has lost twice at the Supreme Court in its agenda to force Christian business operators in Colorado to spout the pro-LGBT agenda in their dealings, once with a cake baker and once with a web designer. A third similar case is pending before the Supreme Court now regarding the state's attempts to control the beliefs and speech of counselors. In the first case, the Supreme Court scolded the state for its "hostility" to Christianity.
Colorado taxpayers already have been stung for millions of dollars in legal expenses in the failed ideology imposed on them by leftist leaders.
The transgender ideologies promoted by state officials now exploded under the promotions adopted by Joe Biden when he was in the White House. For those who follow the science, such ideology in fact is a myth, as being male or female is embedded in the human body down to the DNA level.
