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Burning Man may sue Quiznos over lighthearted parody ad
Spokesman Jim Graham claims the sly promotional clip is stealing the event’s intellectual property rights.
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Lawsuit challenges Mississippi’s same-sex adoption ban
In 2000, then-Gov. Ronnie Musgrove signed the ban, but now says he regrets doing so.
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Red Robin manager files discrimination suit, says he was fired because he’s gay
The former general manager says he was fired from the company’s West Nyack franchise location because he is gay.
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No, the city of Houston isn’t bullying anti-gay pastors – this is basic lawyering
Conservative media outlets, led by Fox News, are attacking the city of Houston for subpoenaing a number of local pastors who were part of the right-wing opposition to the city’s LGBT non-discrimination ordinance that is suing the city now that the anti-discrimination law is in effect. But their claims that religious liberty should keep the pastors’ public addresses secret ignores the fact that subpoenas of parties relevant to a lawsuit are a typical part of the legal discovery process.
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NY appeals court upholds $1.6 million judgement awarded to lesbian chef
NEW YORK — The owner of a Mexican restaurant in Tribeca who warned his staff weekly about the eternal damnation awaiting “gay people” owes a lesbian chef $1.6 million, a New York appeals court ruled.
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Lawsuit: LGBT students routinely bullied in Miss. school district
JACKSON, Miss. — A lawsuit filed Tuesday says LGBT students are routinely bullied in a south Mississippi school district, including a lesbian who was forced to sit alone in the middle of a classroom when others were split into groups of boys and girls.
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Eleven same-sex couples file lawsuit to overturn Ark. gay marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A group of 11 same-sex couples from Arkansas on Tuesday asked a judge to overturn the state’s ban on gay marriage, the latest effort aimed at repealing the amendment after recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings supporting gay couples.
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Judge combines lawsuits against florist who refused flowers for gay wedding
A judge in Washington state on Friday consolidated two lawsuits, one filed by the state attorney general and the other filed by a gay couple, in a dispute over a florist who declined to provide flowers for the couple’s wedding because of her “relationship with Jesus Christ.”
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Gay couple awarded $147K in Council Bluffs, Iowa discrimination suit
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — A jury in Council Bluffs, Iowa, has awarded a gay couple $147,000 in their discrimination lawsuit.
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Whistleblower sues Rutgers University in abusive coach case
EAST HANOVER, N.J. — A former Rutgers University employee who made public the video that led to the basketball coach’s dismissal and the athletic director’s resignation has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the university.