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Fallout over Indiana religious objections law spurs local ordinances
More than a dozen Indiana communities have adopted ordinances to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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More Arkansas local governments push for LGBT protections
Officials in Arkansas’ most populous county and one of its most popular tourist destinations said Tuesday they’re considering prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, expanding the pushback against a new state law criticized as anti-gay.
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Michigan Democrats push for LGBT rights protections in state’s civil rights act
Democrat lawmakers are asking the Legislature to add protections for LGBT people to Michigan’s civil rights act. The effort comes a day after a Senate committee held a hearing on a bill that backers say protects people’s religious freedom.
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Lawmakers introduce resolution calling for federal protections for LGBT Americans
U.S. Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) is banding with other lawmakers to introduce a resolution seeking to protect LGBT Americans from discrimination under federal law as religious objection bills in other states have prompted protests.
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Missourians lobby for LGBT protections ahead of crucial votes
Equality supporters met with and urged elected lawmakers to support legislation protecting Missourians from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation, and grant local school districts the authority to develop their own anti-bullying policies.
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Texas GOP bills denounced by LGBT rights groups stagnant in state legislature
Proposals that critics say could be used to discriminate against LGBT individuals have largely gone nowhere in the Texas Legislature, and some LGBT rights activists believe a big reason is because of the backlash over religious objection laws passed in Arkansas and Indiana.
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Effort to repeal Arkansas law limiting local LGBT protections advances
An effort to repeal a new Arkansas law preventing local governments from extending anti-discrimination protections to LGBT residents moved closer toward appearing on next year’s ballot after the state’s attorney general gave initial approval to the referendum.
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Little Rock, Ark., approves LGBT anti-discrimination protections
Little Rock officials have voted to require companies contracting with the city to not discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity, challenging a new Arkansas law criticized as anti-gay.
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Some Arkansas cities push back against anti-gay laws by expanding LGBT protections
After the state faced widespread backlash over measures critics cast as anti-gay, several Arkansas cities worried about the economic fallout are challenging the new laws by expanding their anti-discrimination protections.
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Indiana GOP rejects extending civil rights protections to LGBT residents
Republicans in the Indiana House have turned aside an attempt to extend protections for LGBT residents under the state’s non-discrimination laws in response to the uproar over the new religious objections law.