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Anti-LGBTQ+ legislation is pushing a pediatric heart doctor & his family out of Louisiana
“Our children come first. We are leaving Louisiana.”
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Louisiana governor vows to veto every anti-LGBTQ+ bill sent to his desk
He compared the Republican attempts to target the LGBTQ+ community with opposition to the Civil Rights Movement.
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The Louisiana supreme court won’t hear why LGBTQ state workers should be protected
The governor wants to protect state workers from discrimination. The Attorney General doesn’t. The state supreme court won’t even listen to them argue about it.
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New Orleans: NBA All-Star game spotlights LGBT oasis in the South
Partial credit goes to the welcoming atmosphere to the city’s French settlers — “puritanical morality” never really took over here.
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Louisiana health contracts approved with LGBT-rights language stripped
The LGBT-rights order, issued by Edwards in April, has caused consternation with some Republican lawmakers who accused the governor of executive overreach.
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Closing arguments filed in dispute over Louisiana LGBT-rights order
The attorney general wants to block the governor from enforcing his executive order prohibiting LGBTQ discrimination in government contracts.
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Judge will hear arguments today in Louisiana fight over nondiscrimination order
The Governor says his LGBT-rights protection order is a statement that Louisiana doesn’t discriminate. The Attorney General calls it executive overreach.
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Dispute over Louisiana governor’s LGBT-rights order heads to court
The ever-escalating argument between the two statewide elected officials over LGBT rights has intensified partisan divides at the Louisiana Capitol.
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Health insurance in limbo in dispute over Louisiana LGBT-rights order
House lawmakers allied with Attorney General Jeff Landry refused to approve contracts that contained LGBT-rights language.
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Louisiana attorney general challenges LGBT-rights order
Gov. Edwards has said he won’t rescind the order, and he sued the attorney general over his refusal to approve the legal contracts containing the LGBT-rights language.
