All posts tagged "religious freedom"
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Texas Republicans promise to pass anti-LGBT laws next year
Lone Star State Republicans don't seem phased by any potential economic backlash from anti-LGBT bills
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Cheat Sheet: North Carolina’s OTHER anti-gay bill
What you need to know about the North Carolina's anti-LGBT Senate Bill 2.
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Federal judge refuses to stay his ruling against Mississippi’s anti-LGBT law
The federal judge who previously stopped the state of Mississippi from enforcing a “religious freedom” law that critics say condones anti-LGBT discrimination has refused to...
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Jim Obergefell testifies at congressional hearing on First Amendment Defense Act
Jim Obergefell, the gay man who was at the center of the case challenging Ohio’s ban on same-sex marriage, testified before the House Committee on...
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Federal judge blocks part of Mississippi’s “religious freedom” law
Injunction blocks part of HB 1523 that would allow clerks to refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses
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Pair of LGBT activists suing over Tennessee’s counseling exemption law
Plaintiffs allege that law is unconstitutional and targets the LGBT community for disparate treatment
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Mississippi Governor: Christians will risk crucifixion to defend anti-LGBT discrimination
–Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R), in prepared remarks after being presented with the first-ever “Samuel Adams Religious Freedom Award” by Family Research Council President Tony...
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Atlanta is awarded Super Bowl LIII following Deal’s veto of anti-gay bill
Atlanta is being richly rewarded with the chance to host a Super Bowl following a skirmish earlier this year over a bill that was being...
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Anti-LGBT provision gets added to annual defense bill
It looks like Capitol Hill Republican leadership is up to their old tricks again. Amid markup of the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act,...
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House introduces bill to modify federal RFRA to prevent LGBT discrimination
Two members of Congress have introduced legislation to amend the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993 to ensure that the statute cannot be...
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ACLU sues Mississippi over “religious freedom” law
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Mississippi have filed a challenge to Mississippi’s HB 1523, a purported “religious freedom” law that...
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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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Virginia Democrats uphold McAuliffe’s veto of anti-gay bill
The political truism “Elections have consequences” has never been true more than in the Old Dominion this year, after Senate Democrats upheld a veto by Gov....
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Obama: North Carolina and Mississippi laws “should be overturned”
President's comments go on record against anti-LGBT laws, as he attempts to allay British travelers' concerns
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Business Backlash
Corporate America is leading the fight against anti-LGBT state laws
