On March 13, 2019 Bennet and colleagues introduced S.788—the Equality Act—a bipartisan bill which bans discrimination against LGBTQ individuals. The bill specifically targets issues such as employment, housing, public accommodations, jury service, access to credit, and federal funding. On the issue, Bennet stated: “It is far past time for federal laws to be entirely free […]
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On May 21, 2019, following her appearance at a Capitol hill rally for reproductive rights, Klobuchar tweeted: “Women’s reproductive rights are under attack across the country. I’m here on the Supreme Court steps at the rally to take back our rights. Today we must stand together to #StopTheBans. I will always stand up for women’s
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On May 19, 2019, Gabbard tweeted: “The Alabama Abortion Bill is extremely dangerous. It completely takes away the freedom of women to choose whether or not to have an abortion–even if a woman/girl is a victim of rape or incest. This law must be rejected. #AbortionIsAWomansRight”
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On January 18, 2016 Bullock signed an executive order for the state of Montana that protected LGBTQ state employees from discrimination. At the press conference, he said it was time to “recommit to [Martin Luther] King’s values of compassion and equity” through the introduction of the protection. On the same day, he tweeted: “No Montanan
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In a May 16, 2019 tweet, Messam shared his support for reproductive rights, saying “I trust women to make the decisions over their reproductive health. The right to choose is settled law and this overreaching and punitive action by Alabama is yet another example of politics usurping what’s best for America.”
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President Trump has supported the idea of school vouchers since his campaign. Broadly, voucher programs allow school districts to offer children either a full public school education or a voucher to attend a private school, regardless of whether that school is religiously affiliated. Although only generally endorsing ‘School choice’ during his campaign, Trump’s administration published
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President Trump and his administration have been consistently restrictive toward LGBTQ rights. His actions range from making comments at a number of events indicating his support for “traditional marriage,” the complete removal of all mentions of LGBTQ issues from White House, Department of State, and Department of Labor websites immediately following his inauguration, and actual
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Trump’s administration has repeatedly dedicated time and energy to the concept of ‘religious liberty’ in the U.S. That being said, this commitment has been directed toward privileging Christian individuals who feel their religious liberty may be challenged by having to interact with those they disagree with. Specific initiatives range from the development of a Religious
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President Trump has expressed his support for the Global Gag Rule, which bans federal funding for non-governmental organizations that provide abortion counseling or referrals, advocate to decriminalize abortion, or expand abortion services. Trump reinstated the policy which had been rescinded by President Obama on January 23, 2017 in one of his first acts as president.
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Trump’s administration have made several policy changes on topics of sex education. In one of their first moves, in August 2017, the administration attempted to cut $200 million in funding from a pregnancy prevention program put in place by President Obama. Despite their attempt, the funding cut was declared unlawful by a court, thus protecting
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