All posts by John Riley
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Mississippi Gov Bryant: Critics of religious freedom law are “overreacting”
— Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R), responding to critics of the “religious freedom” law he signed into effect. The bill allows individuals, businesses and government...
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Louisiana governor signs LGBT nondiscrimination order
Gov. John Bel Edwards says order balances religious freedom and LGBT rights
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Musicians and writers stand with LGBT community amid wave of anti-gay bills
With the passage of anti-LGBT laws, North Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee have come under fire from the business community, who is trying to use its...
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N.C. Gov. McCrory signs nondiscrimination order — with exceptions
After weeks of bearing the brunt of criticism over his signing of North Carolina’s HB 2 law into place repealing local LGBT ordinances, Gov. Pat...
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Deutsche Bank halts plans for expansion in North Carolina
Deutsche Bank has frozen plans to expand in North Carolina following the passage of an anti-LGBT law last month, becoming the latest business to express...
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Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing exemptions for therapists
Therapists could cite not only religious beliefs, but moral principles, in refusing to treat clients
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Tennessee AG expresses concern over resurrected bathroom bill
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery (R) has expressed concern over the impact of a resurrected “bathroom bill” that would require transgender students in educational institutions...
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Pennsylvania governor signs two nondiscrimination orders
As the adage goes: “If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain.” In the case of Pennsylvania, since the...
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Pope Francis’ “family life” exhortation stands firmly against gay unions
Surprising no one who has followed the Vatican’s pronouncements on homosexuality over the past few years, Pope Francis issued a papal exhortation reiterating the Roman Catholic...
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University of North Carolina will abide by anti-gay law’s provisions
The University of North Carolina (UNC) has announced that it will follow North Carolina’s anti-gay law HB 2, also known as the “Public Facilities Privacy...
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North Carolina’s Constitutional Challenge
Law professors comment on a lawsuit to overturn North Carolina's anti-LGBT law -- it's going to be a tough fight
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Grand Old Problem: HRC’s Republican Endorsement
HRC's endorsement of a Republican senator has set off a firestorm of criticism
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D.C. councilmember’s bill would prohibit travel to states with anti-gay laws
A D.C. councilmember has introduced a bill that would ban official government-funded travel to any state with a law that could be interpreted as anti-LGBT....
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Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski: LGBT opponents are “desperate”
–Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski (D), speaking to an audience at the National Center for Lesbian Rights’ annual Palm Springs Garden Party, as reported...
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Atlanta mayor imposes travel ban to North Carolina
Atlanta has joined a host of other cities and states banning official government travel to North Carolina in the wake of passage of a sweeping...
