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Florida clinic agrees to pay $150k in transgender employee’s discrimination suit
A central Florida eye clinic has agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve a discrimination lawsuit brought on behalf of a transgender employee who was terminated.
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N.D. shop owner says ban on lawmakers who nixed LGBT rights bill served its purpose
The co-owner of a Fargo coffee shop who instituted a tongue-in-cheek ban on North Dakota lawmakers for opposing an anti-discrimination bill says the response has been “99.9 percent positive” and that he made his point, even if a few people didn’t like it.
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The overlooked Indiana outcomes that could haunt the Christian Right
There is something about recent events in Indiana that may not be immediately obvious. The national outcry in the wake of the signing of the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) by Governor Mike Pence (R) was not only an important moment in the struggle against LGBTQ non-discrimination, but it is a transformational moment in our national conversation about religious liberty.
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Florist at center of LGBT rights storm: ‘I’m a little grain of sand’
Barronelle Stutzman of Arlene’s Flowers refused the flowers for a gay couple’s wedding in 2013, and her actions were among the first in what has become a nationwide quandary for bakers and others who believe same-sex marriage conflicts with their religious beliefs.
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Louisiana to become latest state to enter religious freedom debate
Even before the opening of Louisiana’s legislative session, a bill has thrust the state into the national debate over religious objections laws.
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Poll: Majority of Americans side with LGBT rights over ‘religious freedom’
A new national poll finds that a majority of Americans believe businesses should not be allowed to refuse services based on their religious beliefs, suggesting a split over the issue between voters and some of the politicians who represent them.
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Arkansas governor: No urgent need for anti-discrimination order
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he doesn’t see an urgent need to expand workplace anti-discrimination protections for gay and lesbian state employees after lawmakers reworked a religious objections measure to address concerns it was discriminatory.
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Florida bakery may sue Arizona evangelist over anti-gay cake request, recording
An Arizona man who caused controversy after his request to a Florida bakery to make a cake with an anti-gay marriage message, says he is being unfairly portrayed, while the bakery says it’s considering legal action against him.
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North Carolina AG says he’d veto religious exemption bills if governor
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, who is preparing a run for governor in 2016, says he rejects a proposal allowing public officials to cite religion for declining to serve same-sex couples.
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Tom DeLay: Christians must fight for the right to discriminate ‘with every ounce of our being’
Tom DeLay is defending “religious freedom” laws against the attacks from people who “have chosen to be homosexuals,” saying that conservative Christians must be ready to “fight this battle to the bitter end.”