When two worlds collide
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According to the prisoner, being strip-searched by a guard “whose biological sex is observably female” not only violated Sharia law but also state regulations against cross-sex strip-searches. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit agreed and ordered that the Green Bay Correctional Institution violated the inmate’s religious rights by not accommodating his religious beliefs, which dictate that he is forbidden from exposing his naked body to any woman but his wife.
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In 2020, U.S. District Judge Pamela Pepper, an Obama appointee, originally dismissed the prisoner’s case, arguing that his sincere religious beliefs did not trump the female guard’s right to identify as a man and be treated as one.
Petitioner: “I have a sincere belief that there are only two sexes, and my religion forbids me to be naked in front of the opposite sex”.
Defendant: “But our employee sincerely believes she’s a man”
Court: “Get real, man.”
Women’s sports, girl’s locker rooms next?
