All posts tagged "religious exemptions"
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Michigan Passes LGBTQ-Inclusive Nondiscrimination Bill
Michigan Democrats, now in power for the first time in four decades, amend the state's nondiscrimination law to include LGBTQ protections.
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1 in 8 LGBTQ People Live Where They Can Be Denied Medical Care
A new analysis by a nonprofit think tank claims that 1 in 8 LGBTQ Americans currently live in states where medical professionals can legally deny...
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Biden Administration Investigating 6 Religious Colleges for LGBTQ Rights Violations
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched three new investigations — bringing the total number of investigations launched this year to...
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Bill to Exclude Gay Couples From Legal Marriage Is Postponed
A Tennessee bill aimed at creating a legal marriage alternative that would only be accessible by heterosexual couples will not advance this year due to...
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Biden stands up for LGBTQ equality in State of Union address
President Joe Biden made a pitch for the Equality Act and assured trans Americans he'd defend their rights in his State of the Union speech.
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Foster agency sues Biden administration so it can keep rejecting gay couples
A Tennessee foster care agency is suing the Biden administration over the right to refuse to place children with LGBTQ and unmarried couples.
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House passes Equality Act, a landmark LGBTQ rights bill
Final vote is 224-to-206, with Republicans largely in opposition of protecting LGBTQ people against discrimination nationwide.
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Trump administration allows contractors to discriminate against LGBTQ employees
New rule expands which types of contractors may be eligible to discriminate based on religion
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Most Americans oppose foster care agencies discriminating against same-sex couples
Poll drops just as Supreme Court is about to hear oral arguments in case involving religiously-based refusals
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Texas social workers will no longer be allowed to turn away LGBTQ clients
Gov. Greg Abbott had requested religious exemptions for social workers with beliefs opposing homosexuality
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A 6-3 Supreme Court could carve out various exemptions that erode LGBTQ rights
Following Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, LGBTQ advocates are looking down the road at the possibility that a 6-3 conservative majority...
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Jim Obergefell: “Marriage must not be restricted” for LGBTQ couples
Supreme Court Justices' recent comments are "deeply troubling" for the fate of LGBTQ rights, says Obergefell
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Norfolk photographer drops challenge to Virginia’s LGBTQ nondiscrimination law
But another photographer and a church have filed two new lawsuits seeking to overturn or gut the law
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Trump selects social conservative Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court seat
The 48-year old appeals judge is on record criticizing courts for ruling in favor of marriage equality and transgender rights
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Congress finds Trump administration gave taxpayer dollars to anti-LGBTQ foster care agencies
HHS waiver is part of a "pattern of discrimination" on the part of the Trump administration aimed at limiting the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ...
