Tag Archives: books
Supreme Court plays rough over classroom book battle
Justice Sotomayor schooled Justice Alito Tuesday in debate over parents desire to opt out of elementary curriculum that includes LGBTQ books.
Supreme Ct: green light to straights likely; red flash on LGBTQ books
The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to ease the burden for straights claiming discrimination, and it plans to scrutinize LGBTQ-related books in elementary schools.
Speed Read: Idaho poised for Friday
A federal judge in Oregon is expected to rule any day now on that state's ban on same-sex marriage. And a federal judge In Idaho refused to grant a stay of her decision striking that state's ban on same-sex marriage.
Speed Read: Mississippi maybe
Attorneys for the National Organization for Marriage will depose gay activist Fred Karger today in a lawsuit in which NOM accuses the Internal Revenue Service of unlawful disclosure of confidential tax information to the Human Rights Campaign. The ACLU of
Speed Read: Arizona OKs religious bias
Arizona's legislature yesterday became the first to clear a bill to allow people to discriminate against others by claiming to have a religious belief that requires them to do so. Maine's House joined its Senate in killing a similar measure.
