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Texas judge halts federal transgender health protections
Isn’t the message being sent that trans people are unworthy of healthcare because of Jesus? Didn’t he heal the sick?
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Missouri lawmaker says he won’t revive religious exemptions amendment
The proposed constitutional amendment would have banned government penalties against individuals and business who cite “a sincere religious belief.”
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Will Republicans take religious exemptions law to constitutional convention?
The election put Republicans in full control of a record number of state legislatures – giving the party an unprecedented opportunity to change the Constitution.
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Illinois B&B owners who refused gay couple lose again in fight to discriminate
A same-sex couple denied access to a bed and breakfast while planning their civil union ceremony has won another legal victory in a five-year discrimination case.
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Same-sex couples appeal North Carolina’s religious objections law
Two of the plaintiffs are from a county where all magistrates recused themselves from performing marriages thanks to the new law.
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Indiana religious right groups go to court to overturn local human rights laws
They are suing to overturn the “fix” to the state’s controversial law that would have allowed businesses to discriminate against LGBT people.
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Senate Democrats scrambling to kill anti-LGBT provision in defense spending bill
The provision would undercut protections against workplace discrimination based on sexual or gender orientation.
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Indiana’s lieutenant governor says LGBT rights aren’t important
Holcomb said few people bring up the issue when he’s traveling around the state.
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Indiana mother cites ‘religious freedom’ law as defense for abusing her son
She quoted the Bible passage that says a parent who “spares the rod, spoils the child.” Her son had 36 bruises after being beaten with a coat hanger.
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CA lawmaker gives up attempt to end exemptions for religious schools
The provision would have allowed LGBT students to more easily sue religious schools for discrimination.