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Judge: University of Pittsburgh transgender locker room ban didn’t discriminate
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a transgender man who alleged the University of Pittsburgh expelled and subjected him to FBI scrutiny after a dispute over using a men’s locker room.
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Why businesses are speaking out against ‘religious freedom’ laws
A bevy of big-name businesses including Apple, Walmart, Gap and Levi Strauss are publicly speaking out against religious-objections legislation in states such as Indiana and Arkansas. But why?
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Arkansas governor’s son thrust into national spotlight over religious freedom bill
Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson opening opening a new conference by saying the issue has become so divisive that his own son, Seth, was among those who signed a petition asking him to veto the bill.
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Indiana family wants you to know their Christian pizzeria won’t cater a same-sex wedding
An Indiana woman whose family owns a small-town pizzeria says the state’s new “religious freedom” law supports the restaurant’s right to deny service to any same-sex couples who might ask them to cater their wedding.
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Backlash intensifies as businesses, performers, states boycott Indiana over religious freedom law
Businesses and organizations continued their boycotts by canceling events and barring travel to Indiana over a religious objections law that critics say would allow discrimination against gays and lesbians.
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Arkansas governor wants religious freedom bill recalled, won’t sign in present form
Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson announced Wednesday he will not sign a controversial religious freedom bill in its present form, and has asked the legislature to recall and revise the bill.
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Ohio leaders aim to capitalize on criticism of Indiana religious freedom law
Officials in Ohio are aiming to capitalize on backlash against a religious-objections law in neighboring Indiana that critics say could permit discrimination against gays and lesbians.
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There was a time when religious freedom laws weren’t designed to defend anti-gay discrimination
Religious freedom laws have rarely been used to defend discrimination against gays, but history may not be prologue in these cases, since gays have only recently won widespread legalization of same-sex marriage.
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Walmart urges Arkansas governor to veto anti-gay religious freedom bill
Retail giant Walmart says Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson should veto a religious-objection bill that critics say would open the door to widespread discrimination against gays and lesbians.
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Vermont governor bans state funded travel to Indiana
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is banning all non-essential state-funded trips to Indiana because of that state’s new religious-freedom law that critics say opens the door to discrimination against gays and lesbians.