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Commentary
This is what the Catholic church would do if they were actually worried about the children
A Catholic foster agency won its case against LGBTQ parents at the Supreme Court today, but the church’s history with kids isn’t exactly what’s best for the children.
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Commentary
What does the Bible say about “traditional marriage values” anyway?
The reality is that our love is good, and our parenting skills are good, no better and no worse than that of heterosexuals, and in the final analysis, love is what it takes to make a family.
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Commentary
Conservatives are out to stop cancel culture. They should look in the mirror.
Religious freedom is just “cancel culture” rebranded. And conservatives have been canceling people they don’t like for a long time.
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News (USA)
Trump judge rules professor has constitutional right to degrade trans students during class
The professor says it would violate his “religious freedom” if he had to use the right pronouns for a trans student. A panel of Republican judges agreed.
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News (USA)
South Dakota passes “religious freedom” bill that could legalize discrimination
“I find it offensive when people play the LBGTQ-whatever card,” the bill’s sponsor said when people raised objections.
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Commentary
Should religious leaders be held responsible for oppressing LGBTQ people?
The prime stimulus keeping oppression toward LGBTQ people locked firmly in place is the destructive doctrine radiating from fundamentalist religious communities.
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News (USA)
Is your home state LGBTQ friendly? See how your state measures up.
A lot of people may assume their state is friendly, but in reality, 25 states — half of the 50 United States — are rated in the lowest category.
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News (USA)
Justice Alito begins full-court press on LGBTQ rights by claiming that marriage equality ruling censors people
“You can’t say that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Until recently, that’s what the vast majority of Americans thought. Now, it’s considered bigotry.”
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Politics
Betsy DeVos is about to lose her job. A gay whistleblower tells us why people should celebrate.
Dwayne Bensing, an out lawyer & former staffer at the Department of Education under DeVos, reflects on her anti-LGBTQ crusade and looks forward to her eventual exit.
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Commentary
The American Dilemma: We’re suffering from incrementalism caused by the religious majority
How does a country, founded on the notion of separation of church and state, keep finding itself under the tyranny of a rich, power hungry, religious society?
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Commentary
The conservative Supreme Court will now use their opinions to shift law against us
The era where the courts expanded our rights is ending. Now, we’re about to move to an era of courts expanding restrictions of those rights.
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Politics
Fabian Nelson could be the LGBTQ lawmaker Mississippi needs
“A lot of us are verbally attacked,” he told LGBTQ Nation. “So being a role model to LGBTQ youth would mean so much to me, to say, hey it can be done.”
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News (USA)
Chick-fil-A will no longer pursue space at the San Antonio airport after 18 month legal battle
While Attorney General Ken Paxton is claiming victory, the city is pointing out that he’s a liar and wasn’t involved at all. All he did was waste millions of dollars.
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Politics
Trump’s commission on human rights issues report undermining LGBTQ people & international law
The Trump administration is now saying that LGBTQ human rights aren’t that important in a report “that could spark a race to the bottom by human rights-abusing governments around the world.”
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News (USA)
Catholic school claims it had the “religious freedom” to fire a teacher diagnosed with cancer
What happened to caring about the sick? All she wanted was some time off to seek treatment.
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News (USA)
Department of Justice files legal support for church challenging coronavirus prevention measures
Vice President Mike Pence congratulated the DOJ for prioritizing “prayer and worship” over the health of the local community.
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Bias Watch
Hobby Lobby CEO tells employees to come to work because his wife heard words from God
Christian billionaire David Green wrote that three words received directly from above are good enough reason for employees to work through a viral pandemic.
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News (USA)
It’s 2020 & these state lawmakers are still trying to ban same-sex marriage
A few lawmakers attempted to end marriage equality, ban gender-affirming care, and allow ‘religious freedom’ discrimination – but even other conservatives said that “sucks.”
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Politics
Texas demands the Supreme Court put an end to a pro-LGBTQ California law
Three years ago, Texas’s governor joked when California banned state-funded travel to Lone Star State. Now Texas is crying foul.