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Indiana lawmaker looks to spark new debate on extending LGBT rights, protections
Democratic lawmaker Ed DeLaney wants to force an Indiana House debate over whether to extend protections for LGBT individuals under the state’s nondiscrimination laws less than two weeks after the backlash over the religious objections law.
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N.D. shop owner says ban on lawmakers who nixed LGBT rights bill served its purpose
The co-owner of a Fargo coffee shop who instituted a tongue-in-cheek ban on North Dakota lawmakers for opposing an anti-discrimination bill says the response has been “99.9 percent positive” and that he made his point, even if a few people didn’t like it.
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Arkansas governor: No urgent need for anti-discrimination order
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he doesn’t see an urgent need to expand workplace anti-discrimination protections for gay and lesbian state employees after lawmakers reworked a religious objections measure to address concerns it was discriminatory.
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Jonesboro, Ark., town leaders reject protections for LGBT city workers
Jonesboro city leaders have rejected a proposal to protect city employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Springfield, Mo., voters repeal LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance
With more than 97 percent of the votes tallied, 51.4 percent of voters opted to repeal the ordinance, while 48.5 percent voted to retain the measure.
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Several Texas lawmakers, top business leaders vow to kill proposed anti-LGBT bills
Several Texas lawmakers and top business leaders vowed Tuesday to kill two proposed constitutional amendments they say will promote anti-LGBT discrimination and could lead to backlash similar to recent reactions in Indiana and Arkansas.
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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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LGBT rights rally goes to Indianapolis NCAA Final Four site
Hundreds of people calling for Indiana to add protections for gays and transgender individuals to the state’s civil-rights laws marched through downtown Indianapolis Saturday, attracting the attention basketball fans attending the NCAA Final Four, some of whom offered the protesters cheers of support.
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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.
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North Dakota GOP governor wants ban on anti-gay discrimination
North Dakota’s Republican governor on Thursday said state lawmakers missed an opportunity to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination when they failed for the third time in six years to pass a measure that would prohibit bias in housing and employment based on sexual orientation.