The judicial nominees awaiting Senate action this year are all run-of-the-mill right wingers, except that they really seem to want to go after same-sex marriage. It’s time to sound the alarm again on another bunch of Trump judges queuing up for confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Like the earlier nominees, they are overwhelmingly white and […]
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) reintroduced on Thursday the First Amendment Defense Act, a bill that would provide a range of federal protections for individuals and companies that discriminate against LGBTQ people. Framed as a religious liberty measure, the legislation aims to prohibit the federal government from taking “discriminatory” action against a person for speaking or
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In a promotional video for Christian bigot Kim Davis‘ new book, all about how she refused to grant legal marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Kentucky, Governor Matt Bevin praised her activism, calling her an “inspiration” to children and public servants everywhere. “Against all the scorn, all the enmity, all the vitriol, all the nastiness, she stood firm,” Bevin said. “I
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This week the Movement Advancement Project launched an ad campaign with a video that shows a widow being denied a funeral service for her deceased wife. I wish this were a purely hypothetical example of the dangers of so-called religious exemption laws and policies, but it was all too real for Jack Zawadski. Jack and his late
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The Georgia Senate has passed a bill that would allow adoption agencies receiving taxpayer funding to refuse to work with same-sex couples. Sponsored by Sen. William Ligon, a Brunswick Republican, the measure was passed Friday by a vote of 35 to 19 after about an hour of contentious debate. Ligon said the proposal is needed
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Recent administrative actions signal a shift from promoting comprehensive sexual health information to abstinence-only education, which concerns reproductive rights advocates who question abstinence promotion’s efficacy at preventing teen pregnancy. The administration already announced last year the discontinuation of a teen pregnancy prevention, or TPP, program that funded grants to communities that study ways to prevent
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Georgia moved one step closer on Tuesday to passing legislation allowing adoption and foster care agencies to turn away same-sex couples. Senate Bill 375, also known as the Keep Faith in Adoption and Foster Care Act, would permit agencies across the state to deny placement to LGBTQ families if doing so would conflict with their
The nation’s health department is taking steps to dismantle LGBT health initiatives, as political appointees have halted or rolled back regulations intended to protect LGBT workers and patients, removed LGBT-friendly language from documents and reassigned the senior adviser dedicated to LGBT health. The sharp reversal from Obama-era policies carries implications for a population that’s been
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Catholics in large numbers support the use of birth control, same-sex marriage, and abortion rights. But there’s a difference between holding those beliefs and acting on them. That’s why Catholic schools will fire you for being in a same-sex marriage, which is what happened this month in Florida when administrators at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School kicked out teacher Jocelyn Morffi (pictured
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Six South Carolina Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill to amend state law to define same-sex marriage as “parody marriage.” The Marriage and Constitution Restoration Act argues that any marriages not between a man and a woman “fail to check out the human design.” The bill also defines marriage as a “union between a man and a woman.” The
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