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Judge orders Colo. bakery to offer wedding cakes for same-sex couples
DENVER — A baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex ceremony must serve gay couples despite his religious beliefs or face fines, a judge said Friday.
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Court hears discrimination case against bakery over wedding cake denial
DENVER — A Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex ceremony should not be forced to violate his religious beliefs, his attorney told a judge deciding whether the cake-maker should be made to accommodate gay couples.
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Fraternity gets probation after student says he was rejected because he is gay
BALTIMORE — A fraternity at Morgan State University in Baltimore has been placed on probation until 2015 following an investigation that a student was rejected because he is gay.
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Report: Majority of Americans in every congressional district support ENDA
LOS ANGELES — A majority of Americans in every U.S. congressional district support laws that protect against workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, such as the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) passed last week by the U.S. Senate, according to new research from UCLA’s Williams Institute.
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Discrimination lawsuit filed against Calif. school on behalf of lesbian teacher
Lambda Legal has filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court claiming the Hesperia Unified School District and administrators at Sultana High School violated state law by not renewing the contract of an openly lesbian teacher in retaliation for her support of LGBT students who had alleged they were being harassed and discrimination against.
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Report: LGBT workers of color among most disadvantaged in U.S. workforce
WASHINGTON — A new report released Thursday finds LGBT workers of color are among the most disadvantaged workers in America.
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Boehner still opposed to ENDA, calls workplace protections bill ‘unnecessary’
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), on Thursday reiterated his opposition to federal legislation to prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Ky. Baptist child care agency votes against proposal to allow hiring gays
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The board for a Baptist-affiliated agency that serves abused children in Kentucky has voted against a proposal to hire gay employees.
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N.M. photographer appeals to U.S. Supreme Court in gay bias case
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The nation’s highest court is being asked to overturn a New Mexico ruling that an Albuquerque business owned by gay marriage opponents violated a state anti-discrimination law in refusing to photograph a same-sex couple’s commitment ceremony.
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After Senate win, activists shift focus to Obama and long-sought executive order
WASHINGTON — Moments after the Senate passed a historic measure to outlaw workplace discrimination against gays, activists turned their attention toward President Barack Obama and a long-sought executive order that would have the same effect, though on a much smaller scale.