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Hateful foster parents will have more access to LGBTQ+ children under bill that TN just passed
The bill “turns the central principle of child welfare – that every decision should be made in service of the best interests of the child – on its head.”
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14-year-old trans girl says a Catholic clinic refused to treat her ADHD
Her mom says she was told, “‘We don’t see transgendered patients in this clinic.’”
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GOP lawmaker admits that “the whole point of” religious exemptions is to allow discrimination
Virginia State Sen. Mark Peake was busted saying the quiet parts loud.
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Montana grants religious exemption to discrimination laws & hate groups are cheering
A hate group leader praised the “Big Sky leader” for making Montana the latest state with a law “restoring” religious exemptions to discrimination laws.
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Barista fired after telling coworkers they “need Jesus” if they wear a Pride t-shirt. She’s suing.
Starbucks handed out Pride t-shirts, and now she’s suing because the shirt she didn’t have to wear would “show her advocacy of a lifestyle in direct contradiction to her religious beliefs.”
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Member of church that bused in members to defy social distancing order dies of COVID-19
The church’s pastor was arrested and he got a lawyer to defend his religious freedom. The lawyer has now been hospitalized for coronavirus too.
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Christian couple rejected as foster parents because they’d send a gay kid to conversion therapy
They filed a complaint for discrimination because they’re Christian, saying that they were perfectly willing to foster straight kids.
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Tennessee passes bill to allow adoption agencies to ban gay & lesbian parents
The governor is expected to sign the bill, which creates a religious exemption for adoption agencies.
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Judge who was sanctioned for being anti-LGBTQ sues to get a religious exemption from the law
She says homosexuality offends God, “so I’m entitled to accommodations.” The state says they doubt she can be impartial.
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House Democrats filed a resolution to condemn Ben Carson for his transphobic comments
Carson allegedly justified making it easier for homeless shelters to refuse transgender women by calling them “big, hairy men.”