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A Pastor Protection Act that supporters say protects religious freedom - but critics call unnecessary and discriminatory against gay couples - passed the Ohio House on Wednesday. The bill says that no licensed minister or religious society can be forced to perform or host a marriage ceremony that does not conform to their sincerely held religious beliefs while protecting them from lawsuits.
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, giving President Trump an opportunity to solidify his influence on the high court. Kennedy, 81, has held the most important seat on the court for more than a decade: He is the swing vote on issues ranging from abortion to gay rights.
Businesses, regardless of their size, stand to make money when they share political views that are aligned with their customers', experts say. Trump vs. Red Hen: What's the cost when business becomes personal? Businesses, regardless of their size, stand to make money when they share political views that are aligned with their customers', experts say.
Hypocrisy and ethics abuses are why Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to leave the Red Hen. She can control that, unlike two gay people trying to marry.
NEW YORK Thousands of people clad in rainbow colors marched Sunday through Greenwich Village and up Fifth Avenue for the annual Gay Pride parade, a massive celebration of LGBTQ identity. One of this year's grand marshals is tennis legend Billie Jean King, along with transgender advocate Tyler Ford and the civil rights organization Lambda Legal.
Although there was a time when I read Ann Coulter with interest, lately I've been finding her Republican partisanship tiresome. A case in point is for twisting what she regards as a noble struggle for black equality into a justification for punishing Christian bakers who refuse to prepare gay wedding cakes.
Charles Rhines was sentenced to death in 1993 after he bound and killed and a man, as he robbed a doughnut store in South Dakota. However, Rhines's lawyers are now petitioning for a reduction in his sentence to life without parole, after it was alleged that Rhines was sentenced to death by homophobic jurors.
Poland's Supreme Court ruled Thursday against a print shop employee who refused to print banners for an LGBT business group because he did not want to "promote" the gay rights movement. The country's top court said it was upholding the ruling of a lower court.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, called the prevalence of suicide, especially among LGBT teens, "a serious problem that requires national attention" in a speech delivered on the Senate floor to commemorate Pride Month. "No one should ever feel less because of their gender identity or sexual orientation," Hatch said Wednesday, describing the bullying, discrimination and even estrangement experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.
Nixon won the support of two-thirds of the voting members of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, which describes itself as a "citywide progressive LGBT" club. Public Advocate Letitia James won the endorsement for state attorney general.
"Loose lips sink ships" was a World War II slogan warning Americans against inadvertently disclosing important secrets, such as troop ships' sailing schedules. On Monday, the Supreme Court showed that loose lips can sink cases.
Such is the case with the Supreme Court's Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling. The decision properly smacked down the anti-religious bigotry of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which not only wanted to compel baker Jack Phillips to provide a cake for a same-sex wedding but also to sneer at him in the process.
PHOENIX>> An Arizona appeals court today upheld a Phoenix anti-discrimination law that makes it illegal for businesses to refuse service to same-sex couples because of religion. Breanna Koski, left, and Joanna Duka in Phoenix.
California could elect its first openly gay statewide official this fall in Ricardo Lara, who was one of the top two finishers for insurance commissioner in the state's primary Tuesday. Under California's "top two" system, the two leading vote recipients in the primary, regardless of party, advance to the general election.
If anyone tells you that gay rights lost at the Supreme Court, you can tell them how wrong they are. A lot of digital ink was spilled in the last day decrying the Supreme Court's ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop v.
American Jewish groups expressed mixed reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court 's decision on a controversial Colorado baker's refusal to serve a gay couple. In a 7-2 decision on the Masterpiece Cakeshop v.
"Nearly three quarters of U.S. adults believe that businesses should not have the right on religious grounds to deny services to customers based on their sexual orientation, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday showed. The findings of the poll, conducted Friday to Monday, were issued on the same day the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a baker from Colorado who had refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, citing his Christian beliefs.
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who had refused to create a wedding cake for a gay couple. The court's decision was narrow, and it left open the larger question of whether a business can discriminate against gay men and lesbians based on rights protected by the First Amendment.
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because it violated his religious beliefs. In the opinion issued by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court disagreed with a Colorado court's previous ruling that the gay couple, Charlie Craig and Dave Mullins, had been discriminated against based on sexual orientation.
In this March 10, 2014, file photo, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store in Lakewood, Colo. The Supreme Court is setting aside a Colorado court ruling against a baker who wouldnt make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.