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Anti-LGBT hate group linked to new Trump administration ‘task force’

A listed anti-LGBT hate group has been linked to the Trump administration’s new religious freedom task force, which activists fear will be used to undermine equal rights protections. Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the formation of a “religious freedom task force” at a Religious Liberty Summit hosted by the Justice Department on Monday. In his speech Sessions […]

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Aug 2 2018

‘In God We Trust’ coming to schools across the state

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Starting on the first day of school, all public schools and school district buildings in the state will be required to display the words “In God We Trust.” The directive comes as part of a change to Florida State Statute 1003.44 covering patriotic programs, part of the controversial omnibus education bill HB 7055 passed last

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Aug 2 2018

Appeals Court: Jehovah’s Witness Truck Driver Wasn’t Victim of Discrimination

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Bobby Walker, Jr. was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness and is still a believer today. That wasn’t a problem when he was hired as a truck driver for a Florida company called Indian River Transport Co. His schedule gave him Sundays off, which meant he could attend services at his Kingdom Hall. Everything was fine until

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Aug 2 2018

Insurers Can Send Patients To Religious Hospitals That Restrict Reproductive Care

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Last fall, about a month before her Medicaid coverage was scheduled to expire, Darolyn Lee realized that she needed to get her contraceptive implant replaced. Lee, a 37-year-old in Chicago, called the managed care organization in charge of her plan to find out where she should go to get the new implant. She was told

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Aug 2 2018

Nonprofits should serve communities, not candidates

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Efforts to limit the influence of anonymous donors in elections took hits last week on two fronts; in both cases, nonprofits were used as the vehicle for increased secrecy and decreased transparency in campaign finance. First, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an appropriations bill, which includes a rider undermining a longstanding law called the

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Aug 1 2018

Sessions' religious liberty task force panned by civil rights groups, LGBTQ advocates

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Civil rights groups and LGBTQ advocates on Tuesday tore into the Department of Justice’s newly formed “religious liberty task force,” slamming the move as a discriminatory affront to civil liberties masquerading as protections for people of faith. “This task force’s agenda isn’t consistent with religious freedom. Religious freedom protects our right to our beliefs, not

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Aug 1 2018

Atheist Group Sues WV City Council for Reciting Lord’s Prayer at Meetings

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The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the city of Parkersburg, West Virginia for reciting a Christian prayer at the beginning of all city council meetings. The lawsuit notes that council members say the Lord’s Prayer to open each session and audience members are encouraged to stand. The plaintiffs include Parkersburg resident and atheist Daryl Cobranchi who attended

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Aug 1 2018

Jeff Sessions announces a religious liberty task force to combat “dangerous” secularism

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The Trump administration has consistently championed a narrow view of religious liberty in America. But the Justice Department’s latest religious liberty initiative may be the most far-reaching — and potentially troubling — one yet. On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of a “Religious Liberty Task Force” that will enforce a 2017 DOJ memo ordering

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Aug 1 2018

Military Bible display at center of religious liberty tussle

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A Bible placed on a memorial table at a Wyoming Air Force base is at the center of an ongoing battle over what constitutes religious liberty and what violates it. In response to demands by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Col. Stacy J. Huser, commander of the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force

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Jul 31 2018

Evangelicals’ embrace of Donald Trump may cost them the future

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Religious right leaders are driving people out of the pews with their hypocritical defenses of Donald Trump. Last week, Michael Cohen released what has been said to be the first of many tapes he has of private conversations with his former client, Donald Trump. But what is on this tape is already interesting enough. Despite the furious

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Jul 31 2018

Author name: Aidan

Anti-LGBT hate group linked to new Trump administration ‘task force’

‘In God We Trust’ coming to schools across the state

Appeals Court: Jehovah’s Witness Truck Driver Wasn’t Victim of Discrimination

Insurers Can Send Patients To Religious Hospitals That Restrict Reproductive Care

Nonprofits should serve communities, not candidates

Sessions' religious liberty task force panned by civil rights groups, LGBTQ advocates

Atheist Group Sues WV City Council for Reciting Lord’s Prayer at Meetings

Jeff Sessions announces a religious liberty task force to combat “dangerous” secularism

Military Bible display at center of religious liberty tussle

Evangelicals’ embrace of Donald Trump may cost them the future

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