All posts tagged "same-sex marriage"
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Tennessee lawmakers approve anti-marriage equality resolution
On Tuesday, Tennessee lawmakers approved — without debate — a resolution expressing “disagreement with the constitutional analysis” of Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that legalized marriage...
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Anti-gay “religious freedom” bills pass Virginia House and Senate
Respective bills head to opposite legislative chambers, even as Gov. McAuliffe promises vetoes
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South Dakota goes for trifecta in pushing anti-LGBT bills
South Dakota is on a roll when it comes to devising ways to target its LGBT community for discrimination. A South Dakota State House committee...
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Donald Trump apparently wants same-sex marriage overturned
Tells Fox News anchor Chris Wallace he would consider appointing justices to "change things."
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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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Virginia Senate committee approves nondiscrimination bills
A Virginia Senate committee has approved two measures that would prohibit anti-LGBT discrimination in public employment and housing, with both bills earning bipartisan support as...
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Georgia bill would provide protections for LGBT opponents
A Georgia state senator on Thursday held a press conference to outline the specifics of a bill he has introduced intended to provide special protections...
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Tennessee marriage nullification bill fails in committee
A proposed bill in Tennessee that would have allowed state and local officials in the Volunteer State to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages or the...
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Court: N.Y. farm owners discriminated against lesbian couple
A New York court last week ruled that the owners of a farm used as a wedding venue violated the state’s nondiscrimination law when they...
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Pro-Huckabee PAC says Cruz too soft on gay marriage
To most people, the idea of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) being a closet liberal is not only unbelievable, it’s laughable. Yet that’s the image that...
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Tennessee county challenging SCOTUS gay marriage ruling
A Tennessee county is poised to become one of many adopting resolutions calling for an overturn of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized marriage...
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Kentucky could owe more than $2 million in gay marriage fight
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) may have leveraged his opposition to same-sex marriage to get into the governor’s mansion, but, as with any benefit, there’s...
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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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Kentucky governor removes clerks’ names from marriage licenses
In one of his first acts as governor, Kentucky’s Matt Bevin (R) issued an executive order on Tuesday that removes the names of county clerks...
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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...
