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The Supreme Court Recognized Marriage Equality Three Years Ago. Now Same-Sex Adoption Is in Danger.

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It’s been three years since the Supreme Court first recognized marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges, striking as unconstitutional state-level bans on same-sex marriage. And in that time, religious conservatives have zeroed in on the familial rights of LGBTQ people in their efforts to roll back the civil rights gains promised by the Obergefell decision. Their most recent efforts are gaining […]

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Oregon Principal Who Pushed Bible on LGBTQ Students Reassigned to Middle School

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Back in May, we learned that officials in the North Bend School District in Oregon were accused of wildly discriminatory practices against LGBTQ students. North Bend High School’s Principal Bill Lucero and school resource officer Jason Griggs were accused of telling a student she was going to hell for being gay, punishing LGBTQ students more harshly than other ones, and equating homosexuality to

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Attorneys for ex-Bremerton football coach who prayed after games petition U.S. Supreme Court

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A former Bremerton High School assistant coach who was fired when he refused to stop praying on the football field after games may have his case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorneys on behalf of Joseph Kennedy filed a petition Monday asking Supreme Court justices to reverse a lower court decision that sided with the Bremerton

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Republican tax law hits churches

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Republicans have quietly imposed a new tax on churches, synagogues and other nonprofits, a little-noticed and surprising change that could cost some groups tens of thousands of dollars. Their recent tax-code rewrite requires churches, hospitals, colleges, orchestras and other historically tax-exempt organizations to begin paying a 21 percent tax on some types of fringe benefits

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Ivanka Trump Gives Pastor $50,000 for “Immigration Ministry” Targeting Kids

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Last week, Pastor Jack Graham of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas tweeted about how his congregation was “determined to act” in the wake of migrant families being separated and locked up. Even though that cruelty was the result of Donald Trump‘s vindictiveness, his daughter Ivanka Trump got in contact with Graham and sent his church a gift of $50,000

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Trump’s Own Budget Office Puts the Brakes on Proposed Religious Imposition Rule

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delayed the rollout of a proposed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) religious imposition rule that seeks broad authority to implement so-called conscience protections that give an out to health-care providers who don’t want to treat LGBTQ patients or provide reproductive health care, including contraception, miscarriage management, and abortion care.

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Justices decline to rule on florist who refused wedding services to same-sex couple

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The Supreme Court signaled Monday that it is unwilling to immediately answer whether a business owner’s religious beliefs can justify refusing gay couples seeking wedding services. The justices returned to lower courts the case of a Washington state florist who refused to provide a floral arrangement for a longtime customer when he told her it was for

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NC lawmakers’ push for ‘In God We Trust’ is part of untrustworthy pattern

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This headline appeared recently: “NC lawmakers back ‘In God We Trust’ signs in schools. They say it’s not promoting religion.” Government by subterfuge, Raleigh’s specialty, is growing tiresome. House Bill 965 will require that all public schools place a sign displaying both the national motto and North Carolina’s aspiration “To Be Rather Than to Seem”

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These Christians Are Mad That School Groups Can’t Take Part in Religious Events

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The Brookville Area School Board in Pennsylvania made the right decision this week. They decided that whenever community events involved prayer, school groups will not be allowed to participate in them. So the high school band can’t play in, say, an Easter Parade or even a local festival in which a pastor delivers an invocation.

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