Alabama’s Samford University has recently drawn ire for its decision to ban the Episcopal and Presbyterian churches – both of which are openly supportive of gay marriage – from the college’s annual campus ministry fair. Following criticism, a campus-wide email was sent stating that while Samford University is welcoming towards all sects of faith, the university has “a responsibility to formally partner with ministry organizations that share our beliefs.” This event is not an isolated incident, as Samford’s anti-discrimination policies similarly do not include protections for sexual orientation or gender identity. Following Sanford’s actions, SAFE Samford, Samford University's (unofficial) LGBTQ+ advocacy group, has organized a letter-writing campaign to push for policy changes.

Seattle Pacific University (SPU) has become the subject of a lawsuit due to the organization’s discriminatory hiring policies. Recently, SPU decided not to overturn its policy preventing those in same-sex relationships from pursuing full-time employment at the college. As a result of this decision, a group of SPU students and faculty members are suing the university. The group’s demands are for the six men who decided not to overturn the policy to be removed from their offices, and for individuals harmed by the policy to receive monetary compensation. Rulings on similar court cases have varied, meaning the success of this particular lawsuit is still ambiguous.

Yeshiva University, located in New York City, initially refused to recognize the Yeshiva University Pride Alliance due to its status as an LGBTQ+ group. The Yeshiva University Pride Alliance then filed a lawsuit against the college. They asserted that the organization had violated New York City Human Rights law, which criminalizes public organizations like Yeshiva University from discriminating on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation. While conservative opinion argued that Yeshiva University was exercising religious freedom, the Supreme Court ruled that the university had violated the law and ordered the university to officially recognize the campus’s LGBTQ+ group – Yeshiva then responded by halting all student club activities on campus.