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Arkansas city asks court to uphold its LGBT protections
An Arkansas city says its ordinance banning discrimination against LGBTQ people doesn’t violate a state law intended to prevent such local protections.
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Standing up: Arkansas Democrats are getting on board with LGBT rights
It’s a shift for a state party whose top elected officials for the most part didn’t support same-sex marriage before it was legalized by the Supreme Court.
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Arkansas professional board okays discrimination against LGBT clients
The rule will allow counselors and therapists to refer a patient to someone else over sincerely held “ethical, moral or religious principles.”
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Arkansas’ counseling law reveals Pandora’s box of religious objections
The rule will allow counselors and therapists to refer a patient to someone else over sincerely held “ethical, moral or religious principles.”
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Arkansas legislature okays bill to allow therapists to discriminate
The bill would give therapists special exemptions from existing civil rights laws and allow them to discriminate against LGBT people.
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Arkansas court to hold hearing over birth certificates
Arkansas’ highest court will hear arguments over whether married same-sex couples can have the names of both spouses on their children’s birth certificate.
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Broadcaster gives perfect response to viewer who hates his ‘gayness’
He received an email that said “you are on television every night and our children should not be watching people like you.”
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Mississippi superintendent flip-flops on support for trans students
States led by Republicans across the South are standing up to defy the Obama directive to treat trans kids equally.
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Arkansas gov tells schools: Disregard Obama on trans rights
Asa Hutchinson criticized the directive as “social engineering.”
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This judge gave male defendants reduced sentences for sexual favors
At least one of the victims was under 18.