All posts tagged "religious exemption"
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Judge: Catholic school discriminated against gay cafeteria worker
A Massachusetts superior court judge on Wednesday ruled in a first-of-its-kind decision that a Catholic all-girls school in Milton, Mass., illegally discriminated against a gay...
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ACLU warns of coming wave of “religious exemption” bills
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is warning that social conservatives and anti-LGBT advocates could be intending to push laws and policies that would legalize discrimination...
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Gay Massachusetts man suing Catholic school over firing
Arguments were heard in Norfolk Superior Court on Tuesday in the case of a Massachusetts gay man who is suing a Catholic all-girls school for...
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North Carolina governor to veto gay marriage recusal bill
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) on Thursday said he’ll veto a bill allowing state officials to recuse themselves from providing marriage licenses or performing...
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Status of LGBT student groups may face court fight
This week signified a victory for CUAllies, the unofficial LGBT campus group at The Catholic University of America. But whether the group and its allies...
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Norton: Indiana backlash reason to reject resolutions of disapproval
Delegate still fighting against Armstrong Amendment exemption
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Council Repeals Armstrong Amendment
The D.C. Council on Tuesday passed a bill repealing an act of Congress known as the Armstrong Amendment, which carves out an exemption to sexual...
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Polis seeks to narrow ENDA’s religious exemption
Polis seeks to narrow ENDA's religious exemption.
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Social conservatives blast Obama’s LGBT nondiscrimination executive order
Social conservatives blast Obama's LGBT nondiscrimination executive order.
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Obama urged to exclude religious exemption from LGBT nondiscrimination order
The White House is facing a barrage of requests not to include a religious exemption in an executive order that would prohibit federal contractors from...
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Bipartisan support for ENDA grows in the House
The number of House Democrats who are not cosponsors of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act dropped to eight Thursday as Rep. Jim Costa became the latest member...
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Rationing Religious Freedom
The religious right is fighting to turn America's religious freedom from a shield into a sword against public policies and groups they dislike. Posing as...
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Simmering divide over ENDA’s broad religious exemption set to boil
Congress has returned to Washington after its month-long summer recess, and as a historic Senate vote draws nearer on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, lingering divisions...
