All posts tagged "same-sex marriage"
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Bermuda to hold referendum on gay marriage and civil unions
Bermuda voters will head to the polls on Thursday, June 23, to vote in a non-binding referendum on both legalizing same-sex marriage and legalizing same-sex...
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Kim Davis drops appeal over marriage licenses, retreats back into obscurity
Appeal made unnecessary by passage of new law removing all clerks' names from marriage licenses
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Federal judge: Alabama probate judges must issue same-sex marriage licenses
A federal judge has issued an order directing all Alabama officials to abide by the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges from last summer, saying they...
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Gay man settles with Catholic school in Mass. discrimination lawsuit
An all-girls Catholic school in Massachusetts that was found to have discriminated against a gay cafeteria worker when it found out he was married to...
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New York City mayor responds to calls to boycott Chick-fil-A
Bill de Blasio says he will not patronize the fast food chain, but it has a right to set up shop
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Colorado Supreme Court refuses to hear case of bakery that turned away gay couple
The LGBT community won another battle in the fight for nondiscrimination protections on Monday after the Colorado State Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal...
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McAuliffe vetoes Virginia religious exemption bill
Activists in Virginia are breathing a sigh of relief, after Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) vetoed a bill that would give people leeway to discriminate...
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Religious exemptions bill marches toward a McAuliffe veto
In the final days of this year’s legislative session, the Virginia General Assembly approved a bill that provides religious exemptions that would allow individuals and...
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Phoenix city councilman under fire for allegedly homophobic comments
A Phoenix city councilman has said he will not resign after a video emerged in which he makes comments about same-sex marriage and the right of...
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Missouri Senate Democrats filibuster anti-LGBT constitutional amendment
Missouri Senate Democrats are filibustering an anti-LGBT amendment to the state constitution that would prohibit the state from penalizing clergy or business owners who object...
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Kasich: Gays shouldn’t sue over being refused service
—John Kasich, in the Republican debate in Detroit on March 3, responding to a question from Fox News anchor Brett Baier about his commitment to religious...
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Kasich says to “move on” from same-sex marriage issue
–Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, speaking at with journalist Douglas Blackmonat the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs as part of...
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Dan Savage slams critics for attacking Hillary Clinton’s previous stance on marriage equality
Prominent gay columnist pens tirade against progressives demanding purity on same-sex marriage.
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Virginia civil celebrants say religious exemption bill unnecessary
On Valentine’s Day, Gerylee Baron, a civil celebrant appointed by the Alexandria Circuit Court to perform weddings, married a couple celebrating their 29th anniversary. “I’d...
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Mississippi “religious liberty” bill passes committee
Another day, another conservative legislature attempting to pass yet another bill targeting the LGBT community. It’s become par for the course in a post-Obergefell world. The latest...
