All posts tagged "religious exemptions"
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Trump’s pick for DOJ’s Civil Rights Division defended HB 2 law
Labor issues lawyer Eric Dreiband has also argued for religious exemptions for nonprofits
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4th Circuit panel dismisses lawsuit over North Carolina magistrate recusal bill
A three-judge panel from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling finding that the plaintiffs mounting a lawsuit against...
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Congressional Republicans beg Trump for “religious liberty” executive order
Congressional Republicans beg Trump for "religious liberty" executive order
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Federal court to hear challenge to Mississippi’s anti-LGBTQ “religious freedom” law
Law would have granted people who subscribe to 3 specific religious beliefs carte blanche to discriminate against gays
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Judge halts Mississippi “religious freedom” law from taking effect
Judge Carlton Reeves finds Mississippi's HB 1523 violates both the First and Fourteenth Amendments
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House introduces bill to modify federal RFRA to prevent LGBT discrimination
Two members of Congress have introduced legislation to amend the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993 to ensure that the statute cannot be...
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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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Missouri GOP halts Democrats’ 39-hour filibuster of anti-gay constitutional amendment
Missouri Senate Republicans used a rare procedural maneuver to stop a record-breaking 39-hour filibuster of a proposed anti-gay amendment to the state’s constitution. Republicans, who control the...
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Exemption-filled “nondiscrimination” bill fails in Indiana Senate
Republican leaders in the Indiana Senate quashed a bill that purported to protect gay and bisexual Hoosiers from discrimination in employment, housing, credit and public...
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Indiana Senate committee passes Trojan horse nondiscrimination bill
Despite attempts to give their state a much-needed public relations makeover, Hoosier lawmakers have fallen short in passing comprehensive protections for Indiana’s LGBT citizens. In...
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Virginia bill proposes Kim Davis-style clerk exemptions
A Virginia Senate committee has set the stage for what could be an inevitable showdown between opponents and supporters of same-sex marriage, as embodied by...
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Missouri AG candidate proposes religious exemption law
It’s become the classic “dog bites man” storyline: Another Republican politician is urging state lawmakers to pass legislation that would provide special religious exemptions for ministers,...
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Matt Bevin hopes to hitch wagon to Kim Davis’ star
Kentucky's Republican gubernatorial candidate is emphasizing social issues to drive up turnout
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Kentucky voters split on removing Kim Davis
Support for Davis has increased in her home state, but decreased nationwide, polls say
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Huckabee and Bush address Kim Davis’ situation in GOP debate
As expected, the issue of so-called “religious liberty” exemptions and the newest poster-child for the cause, Kim Davis, was raised in the second round of...
