All posts tagged "sincerely held religious beliefs"
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Texas governor to sign “Save Chick-fil-A” bill into law
Opponents see the bill as an attempt to circumvent local ordinances prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination
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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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Buttigieg responds to Pence: My problem is when your “religious beliefs are used as an excuse to harm other people”
South Bend mayor says his quarrel is with how the vice president uses his beliefs to justify anti-gay discrimination
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Anti-gay baker’s lawsuit against Colorado Civil Rights Commission to continue
Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips claims the state of Colorado is unfairly targeting him due to his religious beliefs
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Virginia teacher fired for refusing to call transgender student by male pronouns
Peter Vlaming claims that acknowledging the student's gender identity violates his religious beliefs
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Arizona Supreme Court to hear anti-gay religious challenge to Phoenix’s LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinance
Business owners claim the pro-LGBTQ law violates their freedom of religion
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Newly-elected Democratic Kansas governor seeks to block anti-gay adoption law
State's largest LGBTQ organization believes law is unconstitutional, and will be introducing a repeal bill in January
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Lambda Legal launches billboards to protest anti-LGBTQ religious exemption laws
"No Excuse" campaign seeks to start conversations about efforts to deny services to LGBTQ people
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South Carolina lawmakers sneak anti-gay adoption provision into appropriations bill
South Carolina lawmakers have inserted a little-publicized amendment into an appropriations bill to allow adoption agencies that receive taxpayer money to discriminate against same-sex couples and...
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Trump executive order establishes faith-based initiative to protect “religious freedom”
Order is "encouraging federal dollars to flow to organizations that discriminate"
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Kansas Department of Children and Families backs anti-gay adoption bill
Kansas’ Department of Children and Families has announced its support for legislation that would allow adoption and foster care agencies to refuse to place children...
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Norton calls out First Amendment Defense Act for threatening D.C.’s civil rights laws
Bill would essentially gut D.C.'s pro-LGBTQ laws by treating the District as an extension of the federal government
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Republican senators want to protect people with anti-gay religious beliefs
President Trump has promised to sign the First Amendment Defense Act into law
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Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Mississippi anti-gay law
Decision not to hear case means plaintiffs must restart case, finding victims injured by law since it took effect in October
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USDA will allow employees to be openly anti-gay at work
USDA guidance will allow employees to share anti-LGBTQ sentiments without fear of retribution
