All posts tagged "public accommodations"
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Supreme Court sends anti-gay florist’s case back to lower court for reconsideration
Owner of Arlene's Flowers will have another chance to argue for a religious exemption to Washington's nondiscrimination law
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Slim majority of Massachusetts voters want to keep transgender protections in place
Support for repealing transgender protections is strongest among Republicans and weakest among Democratic men
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Alabama Sen. Doug Jones co-sponsors Equality Act
LGBTQ advocates won a moral victory on Thursday when U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) signed on as a co-sponsor of the Equality Act. The Equality...
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Briefs urge Supreme Court to oppose baker’s request to refuse service
A host of LGBTQ groups and their allies in the political, legal, and business communities submitted a host of amicus briefs in support of Charlie...
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Oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop SCOTUS case scheduled for Dec. 5
The Supreme Court has set oral arguments in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission for Tuesday, Dec. 5. The case is considered a...
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More than 100 corporations publicly support the Equality Act
Despite support, the bill is likely to stall in a Republican-controlled Congress
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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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LGBTQ groups urge North Carolina governor to veto fake “repeal” bill
On Thursday, North Carolina lawmakers passed a bill that purports to “repeal” the state’s anti-LGBT HB 2 law while keeping some of its more objectionable and...
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North Carolina leaders agree to fake “repeal” of HB 2
In the showdown between Gov. Roy Cooper and North Carolina’s Republican-led General Assembly over HB 2, it was the governor who blinked first. As a...
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Washington State Supreme Court rejects anti-gay florist’s appeal
On Thursday, the Washington State Supreme Court reaffirmed a lower court decision finding that a florist cannot cite her religious beliefs as justification for refusing to...
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Cleveland City Council approves pro-transgender bathroom ordinance
Council votes to allow transgender people to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity
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Massachusetts governor says he’d sign transgender rights bill
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) has finally stepped off the fence on a transgender nondiscrimination bill working its way through the Massachusetts General Assembly, saying...
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Missouri anti-gay constitutional amendment stalls in committee
LGBT residents of the Show Me State have gotten a temporary reprieve after efforts to place a constitutional amendment that would have targeted them for...
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Mississippi governor signs “religious freedom” bill into law
Move over, North Carolina. You’ve just been one-upped by Mississippi on the anti-LGBT front. On Tuesday, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) signed into law a...
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ACLU challenging North Carolina’s HB 2 that overturned LGBT ordinances
Here come the lawsuits, North Carolina. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with the ACLU of North Carolina, Lambda Legal and Equality North Carolina,...
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