All posts by John Riley
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Survey: Majority of Muslims support marriage equality while evangelicals remain opposed
PRRI finds 6 in 10 Americans oppose allowing business owners to refuse to serve LGBTQ people
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N.J. newspaper calls on GOP congressional candidate to drop out for anti-gay slur
Editorial board worries that Lonegan's offensive comments make him vulnerable in the general election
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Two Wisconsin residents sue over state’s Medicaid ban on gender confirmation surgery
Two Wisconsin residents are suing the state’s Department of Health Services over a ban that prohibits transgender Medicaid recipients from obtaining coverage for gender confirmation...
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Newspaper ads highlight business community’s opposition to anti-gay Kansas adoption law
The bill would allow adoption agencies to reject same-sex couples
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Anti-gay pastor Scott Lively has qualified for the Republican primary in Mass. governor’s race
Lively has a long history of statements advocating for the criminalization of homosexuality
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Hawaii legislators send bill banning conversion therapy to governor
Bill now heads to Gov. David Ige, who is expected to sign it into law
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Opponents of California conversion therapy bill claim it would ban the Bible
Opponents of a California bill that would classify conversion therapy as a form of consumer fraud are launching an all-out effort to stop it from...
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Oklahoma anti-gay adoption bill moves closer to becoming law
Fate of an amendment to limit the bill's harm could determine future legal action
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Mattis and Gillibrand clash over Trump administration’s transgender ban
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis clashed with U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) while trying to justify President Trump’s transgender military ban during an Armed...
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Louisiana lawmakers could kill anti-bestiality bill in order to preserve anti-gay sodomy laws
Opponents of bill insist law should remain as is, because it's an expression of the state's "community morals"
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California plaintiffs ask court to keep blocking transgender military ban
Plaintiffs in Stockman v. Trump ask to keep in place an order preventing the Trump administration from instituting a ban
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LGBTQ groups blast confirmation of anti-LGBTQ Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State
Pompeo urged to speak out against human rights abuses abroad, despite his past opposition to LGBTQ equality
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Senate confirms Richard Grenell as U.S. Ambassador to Germany
The U.S. Senate voted 56-42 to confirm Richard Grenell, an openly gay man and former U.S. spokesman at the United Nations under the Bush administration,...
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LGBTQ groups push back against Kansas adoption discrimination bill
LGBTQ groups and child welfare organizations are urging lawmakers in Kansas to oppose to a bill that would allow adoption and foster care agencies to...
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Janelle Monae comes out as pansexual in “Rolling Stone” interview
R&B artist had previously dropped hints about her sexuality, but had played coy for "fear of being judged"
