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Lesbian couple sues Vt. town claiming a decade of anti-gay harassment
ADDISON, Vt. — A lesbian couple is suing the town of Addison, Vt., alleging they have been subjected to 10 years of discrimination, harassment and intimidation by residents and town officials because of their sexual orientation.
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Miss. lawmakers feel pressure over proposed religious freedom bill
JACKSON, Miss. — Lawmakers in conservative Mississippi find themselves in a tug-of-war over a religious freedom bill that some say is uncomfortably similar to one recently vetoed by Arizona’s Republican governor.
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Ky. child care agency says short-lived plan to hire gays resulted in lost funding
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Uncertainty over a short-lived proposal to open employment to gays at Kentucky’s largest private child care agency prompted many of its supportive churches to withhold giving last year, causing a multi-million dollar shortfall.
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Kansas delays further action on religious freedom protections until next year
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas lawmakers will not consider enacting new legal protections this year for those who oppose same-sex marriage on religious grounds, but will debate the issue again in 2015, the state Senate’s top leader said Thursday.
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Miss. religious freedom bill renews debate on anti-LGBT discrimination
JACKSON, Miss. — A gay rights group is asking Mississippi legislators to specify that a religious-practices bill won’t open the way for discrimination if it becomes law.
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Miss. House panel advances religious freedom bill
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi House panel on Tuesday changed and passed a bill that says state and local government cannot put a substantial burden on religious practices.
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Mississippi House panel faces deadline on religious freedom bill
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi House panel will decide Tuesday whether to kill a religious freedom bill or keep it alive with or without changes.
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Gay rights supporters in Kansas seek new anti-bias laws
TOPEKA, Kan. — Having won a key legislative fight with social conservatives in Kansas, gay rights advocates aren’t content with simply blocking a measure they said would have encouraged businesses and government workers to refuse to serve gays and lesbians in the name of religious freedom.
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The defenseless religious folk and their war against the ‘godless gays’
Most recently, I’m finding it unusually difficult to avoid the urge to scream at the seemingly endless parade of pundits and spin doctors tell me, in their most deferential and conciliatory tones, that the rash of proposed “religious protection” laws are not about discrimination. Oh heavens no! They’re really just there to protect defenseless religious folk from the godless gays. Like innocent business owners, who could be accused of discrimination, just for standing behind their deeply held religious views.
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If I knew you were coming, I would have baked a cake…
I’m always touched when people of faith send their love and compassion my way… These people – these Christians – What are they so afraid of and why are they so very hateful? This picture of the cake and all the other pictures and blogs and outrage since Governor Jan Brewer vetoed that hateful bill in Arizona isn’t about “freedom of religion” – but you know that, right?