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Texas governor gets behind fast-moving religious objections bill
GOP Gov. Greg Abbott is publicly getting behind a religious objections bill that is moving fast after the U.S. Supreme Court heard historic arguments over same-sex marriage.
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Texas lawmakers attempt to revive religious objections bill
Texas got a taste Monday of the religious objections issue that drew strong criticism elsewhere.
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Home rental website drops ‘straight friendly’ B&B for ejecting same-sex couple
AirBNB dropped a Galveston Bed & Breakfast after allegations the owner kicked a gay couple out of the home she rented to them through the site.
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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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Texas GOP pushes anti‑gay religious freedom bill on heels of Supreme Court hearing
Republican lawmakers abruptly pushed the new proposal on the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court hearing historic arguments over gay marriage.
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Gender bias issue could tip Chief Justice Roberts into ruling for marriage equality
Roberts suggested that he may have found a way to cast a vote in favor of the gay and lesbian couples in the case.
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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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AP-GfK Poll: Nuanced views on LGBT rights, religious liberty
Americans are evenly split on whether the Supreme Court should rule that same-sex marriage must be legal nationwide, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
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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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Not all the same: Christian Right’s Hobby Lobbyization of RFRAs hits the fan
It is revealing how important it was to conservatives that the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act not be seen as discriminatory – using false claims about the federal and other state level RFRAs as a cover.