Tag Archives: religious
High court declines another religious vendor dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court declined July 2 to hear the appeal of a florist who said her religious beliefs prevented her from selling flowers for a gay couple's wedding, leaving for another day the question of whether there can be
Understanding Fulton: The ‘bullets’ will keep coming
In some respects, the U.S. Supreme Court decision June 17 in Fulton v. Philadelphia was a "win" for LGBT legal activists. But that's primarily because they once again "dodged a bullet" aimed at taking down a previous decision that blocks
HHS rule: ‘quintessentially arbitrary and capricious’
A federal judge in New York on Wednesday struck "in full" a rule adopted by the Trump administration in May that would have given wide latitude to health care workers to refuse treatment based on "religious and moral beliefs."
HHS seeks broad authority to discriminate in foster care
President Trump's expressed support for allowing groups to use their religious beliefs as a reason to discriminate is now being written into budget proposals for the next fiscal year.
Supreme Court: 9 LGBT cases near conference
The U.S. Supreme Court justices have three transgender military cases cued up on their January 11 conference list. And that's just the tip of the iceberg of LGBT related cases pending action next month.
Trump actions: ‘vicious’ and cross ‘dangerous lines’
LGBT activists say they find the Trump administration's recent actions concerning civil rights protections deeply troubling and indicate it intends "to take every opportunity to limit nondiscrimination protections for LGBT people."
Unprecedented wave of anti-LGBT bills prompting vetoes, lawsuits in the states
Almost 200 anti-LGBT bills have been introduced to state legislatures this year and Lambda Legal and the ACLU have filed a federal lawsuit against the worst of them.
If Supreme Court strikes bans, LGBT legal activists ready to fight the pushback
The Supreme Court of the United States will rule any day now on whether it is a violation of the federal constitution for states to bar same-sex couples from marrying. But for weeks now, in apparent anticipation that the court
Abercrombie case: LGBT and evangelicals on the same side
It is a rare occasion when LGBT legal activists find themselves on the same side of a case as the conservative Christian Legal Society and the National Association of Evangelicals. It is also rare to find LGBT legal activists on
Supreme Court: Another June of ‘major moments’ pending
June is the final month of the U.S. Supreme Court’s current session and, while anticipation is not nearly so great this year for the LGBT community as it was last year, there is some concern in the air. This year,
