All posts tagged "First Amendment Defense Act"
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Dan Lipinski criticized for being the only House Democrat not to sponsor the Equality Act
GLAAD calls congressman's concerns about religious liberties a "false flag" and urges him to vote for the bill
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Sen. Mike Lee holds up lesbian’s re-nomination to EEOC, which could stop working altogether
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) is blocking the nomination of a lesbian re-nominated to serve another term on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission because of...
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HRC endorses Beto O’Rourke against Ted Cruz in Texas Senate race
The Human Rights Campaign has endorsed Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who is up for...
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Norton calls out First Amendment Defense Act for threatening D.C.’s civil rights laws
Bill would essentially gut D.C.'s pro-LGBTQ laws by treating the District as an extension of the federal government
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Republican senators want to protect people with anti-gay religious beliefs
President Trump has promised to sign the First Amendment Defense Act into law
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Liberal coalition seeking to defeat anti-gay Democrat Dan Lipinski
A coalition of liberal-leaning organizations is banding together to defeat a conservative Democrat in a Chicago-area U.S. House district who has amassed a long, and...
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GOP congressmen to reintroduce anti-LGBT First Amendment Defense Act
Trump previously promised to sign bill targeting LGBT people
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Trump AG pick Jeff Sessions defends First Amendment Defense Act
Sen. Jeff Sessions, (R-Ala.) President Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, has offered a glimpse at how the Department of Justice might enforce existing laws...
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Wyoming legislature to consider First Amendment Defense Act
A state legislator in Wyoming has introduced a bill that mirrors a federal bill known as the First Amendment Defense Act, which would insulate those who...
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Aisha Moodie-Mills: LGBT community must fight harder than ever after “disastrous election”
At last weekend’s Victory Institute conference, the talk was all about how to prevent LGBT rights from backsliding in a potentially hostile Trump administration
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NOM wants to repeal marriage equality under Trump administration
While the nation’s top LGBT organizations were dismayed at the election of Donald Trump as president, the National Organization for Marriage is ecstatic. In an open...
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Log Cabin head: Santorum’s role in Trump campaign “not out of the ordinary”
Gregory Angelo says Trump's done nothing to dissuade any LGBT supporters from continuing to support him
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Jim Obergefell testifies at congressional hearing on First Amendment Defense Act
Jim Obergefell, the gay man who was at the center of the case challenging Ohio’s ban on same-sex marriage, testified before the House Committee on...
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Congress considering “religious freedom” bill to discriminate against LGBT people
The First Amendment Defense Act would prevent the government from protecting LGBT people from discrimination
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LGBT advocates call on Deal to veto Georgia “religious freedom” bill
An alliance of pro-LGBT organizations submitted more than 75,000 email petitions to Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R), asking him to veto a religious freedom bill...
