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Missouri bills would ban gender neutral university housing, unisex bathrooms
Gender-neutral university housing and many unisex public bathrooms would be banned in Missouri under bills that have been introduced in the Legislature.
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Missouri Presbyterian Churches receive threats following same-sex marriage announcement
At least four southeast Missouri Presbyterian churches have received letters threatening to burn their buildings to the ground following the Presbyterian Church USA’s decision to allow same-sex marriages.
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Missouri lawmakers add to wave of anti-LGBT legislation with eight bills
Missouri is adding to the wave of anti-equality legislation being filed across the nation with the introduction of eight bills targeting the LGBT community thus far this legislative session.
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Missouri lawmaker files two ‘bathroom’ bills targeting transgender community
The bills are intended to “stoke the fear of transgender people portrayed as predators,” says Missouri’s statewide LGBT advocacy group.
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Mo. bill would make issuing same-sex marriage licenses a fireable offense
A Missouri legislator has introduced a bill that would make it illegal for the state to enforce a marriage other than between a man and a woman and could lead to the firing of government employees who issue such licenses.
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Mo. GOP lawmakers want to intervene in lawsuits, namely same-sex marriage cases
Missouri’s Republican Senate leader wants the ability to intervene in lawsuits regarding the constitutionality of state laws, if the attorney general declines to appeal or ask for a stay of a court ruling.
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Missouri Senate panel hears testimony on LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination act
A Missouri Senate panel met Wednesday to consider the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act, which would bar discrimination in the state based on sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, employment and public accommodation.
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University of Missouri adds transgender housing option on campus
The University of Missouri’s flagship campus in Columbia is testing out a new gender-neutral housing option starting this fall.
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Missouri Supreme Court says lower courts can consider same-sex divorce cases
A St. Louis County Circuit Court judge should not have dismissed a request to divorce a same-sex couple, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, but didn’t decide on the broader issue of whether judges can grant divorces to gay couples.
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Mo. GOP gubernatorial candidate blames ‘sexual permissiveness’ for child porn
Former Missouri House Speaker and Republican candidate for governor Catherine Hanaway says that a liberal culture of “sexual permissiveness” is responsible for child pornography.