Jack Phillips

Hate groups from around the nation will meet to plot ways to harm LGBTQ people

The top leaders of hate groups will mingle with Republican politicians at the Value Voters Summit this weekend.

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Anti-LGBTQ baker sues civil rights commission after he refuses to serve a trans customer

Phillips believes the government is persecuting him for enforcing longstanding civil rights law that he has repeatedly broken.

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Jeff Sessions announces a ‘Religious Liberty Task Force’ to protect hate groups

Sessions made it clear that the task force would go after LGBTQ rights, especially when it comes to adoption.

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The Supreme Court cares about religious animus. Except when it doesn’t.

If the record in Masterpiece supports a finding of impermissible hostility, then the mountain of cruel statements from the president in the Muslim ban case surely do.

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This church sign is making waves in that antigay baker’s backyard

Evangelical Christians wouldn't know their loving savior if they sat next to him on the bus.

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From Jim Crow to gay cakes: The Trump administration’s war on civil rights

Democracy can only begin when those at the margins can experience what others take for granted.

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GOP lawmaker says businesses should be allowed to discriminate against black people

In a discussion of the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the politician said that businesses should be able to turn anyone away.

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Most Americans disagree with ‘religious exemptions’ for businesses

Most people don't think that businesses should be allowed to discriminate against LGBTQ people.

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If your religion tells you to discriminate, you’re following the wrong one

Religions promoting discrimination against same-sex couples purchasing cakes are religions lacking in moral authority.

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Supreme Court rules in favor of anti-gay baker in wedding cake case

Only Ginsburg and Sotomayor opposed the narrow ruling in favor of the baker.

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