All posts tagged "religious objections"
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Trans Man Says Walgreens Pharmacist Refused to Fill Prescription
A transgender man claims that a Walgreens pharmacist refused to hand over his hormone medication due to his "religious beliefs."
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Virginia Supreme Court sides with teacher who refuses to acknowledge trans students’ identity
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that Loudoun County was not justified in suspending a teacher who spoke out against district's trans-affirming policy.
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LGBTQ advocates alarmed at Trump’s religious exemption for health care workers
To coincide with the National Day of Prayer, President Trump announced the issuance of a finalized rule from the Department of Health and Human Services...
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UPDATE: Anti-gay lawyer confirmed as head of Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division
Senate Republicans have filed for cloture, or to end debate, on nomination of Eric Dreiband
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Kansas and Oklahoma lawmakers approve anti-gay adoption bills
Lawmakers in Kansas and Oklahoma have passed bills that allow adoption and foster care agencies to refuse to place children with “immoral” same-sex couples. In...
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National health care workers’ union opposes HHS religious exemption
The National Union of Healthcare Workers is blasting the creation of a “Conscience and Religious Freedom Division” within the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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Anti-gay Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis will seek re-election in 2018
Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who became a conservative cause célèbre after she went to jail rather than adhere to a judge’s...
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Majority of Americans don’t support business refusals to serve LGBTQ people
Even as a case on refusing service to same-sex couples is headed towards the U.S. Supreme Court, a new poll finds that a majority of...
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Justice Department sides with anti-gay baker on discrimination case
DOJ repeats arguments that cake-baking is a form of protected First Amendment speech
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Anti-gay group outlines major arguments in Colorado baker’s Supreme Court case
Alliance Defending Freedom argues case is not about validity of same-sex marriage, but suppression of free speech
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Washington florist who refused service to gays appeals to Supreme Court
Barronelle Stutzman claims Washington's nondiscrimination law violates her religious conscience
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Trump birth control regulation could threaten LGBTQ health rights
Regulation would allow more employers, even for-profit companies, to refuse to cover medically necessary treatments
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West Virginia county clerks sued for harassing and mistreating lesbian couple
A county clerk in West Virginia is being sued for harassing and denigrating a same-sex couple that sought a marriage license from her. High school...
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South Dakota considering “religious freedom” adoption bill
South Dakota lawmakers are weighing a proposed bill that would allow agents of adoption and foster care agencies to reject qualified parents based on personal...
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Federal judge allows North Carolina officials to keep refusing same-sex marriages
Lawyers for three plaintiff couples say they're appealing the decision to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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