Cody and Craig check back in with Kalie Hargrove. Kalie joined us in earlier episodes, Episode 52: Kalie and Pride Month, and Episode 53: Kalie, A Look at Genesis 1 & 2.
Kalie is a pastor at First Christian Church of Decatur, Ga., and a seminary student. In the midst of Kalie’s seminary education, suddenly her academic world was changed when her school informed her that they could not accept her as a transgender person. Fortunately, she has found a new school in which she can continue her education. But that shift was not her idea, not her intention.
We cover a variety of topics:
Title IX, a US law that is intended to provide equal access to education creates loopholes for exclusions based on religious exceptions. You learn what Title IX is at www.ed.gov/category/keyword/title-ix
Kalie introduces us to REAP, The Religious Exemption Accountability Project
We spend some time talking about the Independent Christian Church and the Restoration Movement, and the fruit that Kalie sees in parts of this stream of Christianity.
In our wind down of the discussion, Kalie shares with us what she is reading (Nevada, by Imogen Binne; and Spiritual Care in an Age of #BlackLivesMatter, by Danielle J. Buhuro); what she is watching (The Good Place); and what she is listening to (the album Late Bloomer, by Semler)
To learn more about Kalie, read her devotional on OurBibleApp.com, Celebrating Gender Diversity at: https://www.ourbibleapp.com/new-blog/rev-kalie-hargrove
and read more about Kalie’s Title IX complaint and the class-action lawsuit here and here.
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