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Utah anti-discrimination bill dead as lawmakers avoid LGBT-related legislation
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah Republican Senator pushing for a statewide anti-discrimination law says his bill appears to be dead as party leaders in the state Senate have decided to avoid legislation that may impact the state’s gay marriage case.
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Idaho House panel advances bill to allow religion-based discrimination
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho’s Capitol on Wednesday was again the focus of frustration among gay rights activists as lawmakers kept alive a bill that Republican religious conservatives argue is necessary to protect businesses from being forced to serve customers whose lifestyles offend their faith traditions.
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Pa. church revokes gay man’s membership, denies him communion
YORK, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man says he’s been kick out of the church he has attended for years, and where he was baptized, because he is gay.
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Ariz. House panel OKs bill allowing discrimination based on religious beliefs
PHOENIX — An Arizona House panel on Tuesday approved changes to a proposed law beefing up protections for businesses that assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays and others, but the changes didn’t placate critics who call the bill a way to allow discrimination.
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Idaho’s ‘Add the Words’ gay rights activists promised pro-bono legal help
BOISE, Idaho — Long before their arrests, activists seeking to add discrimination protections for gays and lesbians to Idaho’s Human Rights Act added lawyers: The 44 people facing misdemeanor trespass charges after Monday’s demonstration inside the Capitol’s Senate chambers have been promised pro-bono help.
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W.Va. Senate to consider workplace non-discrimination bill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate would make it unlawful for employers and landlords to discriminate against individuals based on their sexual orientation.
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Utah state Senator says LGBT anti-discrimination bill should be heard
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s legal fight over same-sex marriage has nothing to do with a proposed statewide anti-discrimination ban, a state senator said Friday.
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Complaint: Catholic school rescinded job offer after learning applicant was gay
BOSTON — A Boston man says in a complaint filed with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination that a Roman Catholic school rescinded a job offer after finding out he was married to another man.
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‘Add the Words’ activists eye bill that would allow denial of service to gays
BOISE, Idaho — Gay rights activists were stymied again this year in winning a hearing to “add the words” sexual orientation and gender identity to the Idaho Human Rights Act.
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Report: Progress toward LGBT equality surprisingly ‘mixed’
An independent think tank that studies the progress of the movement on equal rights for LGBT people released its latest report Tuesday, and the assessment is surprisingly “mixed.”