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Online petition seeks to save job of gay speech teacher fired by Catholic school
Students, parents and alumni of an Omaha Catholic high school are among the thousands who’ve signed an online petition calling for the school to reverse its decision to fire a teacher over his same-sex relationship.
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Former North Dakota governor ‘probably’ considered LGBT people in 1981 policy
Former North Dakota Gov. Allen Olson said Tuesday he “probably” considered lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people when he crafted a nondiscrimination policy for state employees 34 years ago.
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Louisiana school backs off: Lesbian honors student allowed to wear tux to prom
A lesbian honors student in northeast Louisiana has been told she may wear a tuxedo to her prom, after all, a national advocacy group said Tuesday.
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Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal supports bill allowing businesses to refuse service to LGBT people
Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, rumored to be mulling a 2016 GOP presidential bid, says he will support a controversial religious freedom bill filed by a state legislator last week.
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North Dakota governor issues memo to state agencies barring discrimination against gays
GOP Gov. Jack Dalrymple told government departments Monday that discrimination against anyone is unacceptable, just two hours before Democrats delivered a letter calling on him to issue an executive order prohibiting bias against gays and lesbians.
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Texas could be next state engulfed in religious freedom debate
Could the uproar over religious freedom laws that engulfed Indiana and Arkansas be coming to Texas? The next couple weeks in the Legislature should provide the answer.
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Indiana faces long road to restore battered image after religious freedom law
Indiana tourism agencies are rolling out campaigns emphasizing that everyone is welcome, but it might not be enough to quickly restore the state’s battered image after a backlash over its religious objections law.
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Santorum invokes Westboro’s ‘God hates fags’ slogan to defend religious freedom laws
Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), on Sunday said he supports “religious freedom” laws like those in Indiana and Arkansas, and that they are not meant to discriminate against gays and lesbians.
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Louisiana principal says lesbian student can’t wear tuxedo to prom
A lesbian student in Louisiana says she is going to skip her prom because the school principal won’t let her wear a tuxedo.
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Advocacy groups aim to further expand LGBT rights at state level
Gay rights advocates are hoping to parlay the momentum from their legislative victories in Indiana and Arkansas this week into further expanding legal protections for gays and lesbians in those states and others.