Tag Archives: Tennessee
Speed Read: A pulpit for bullies
The Tennessee legislature this week sent to the governor’s desk a bill the ACLU says the measure will make it easier for bullies to target LGBT students. The mega-charity World Vision said yesterday that it made a "mistake" Monday when
Speed Read: Straight is great
Heritage (NYC) Pride group announced Thursday that it will allow a right-wing Catholic group, Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, to march in the June 29 Pride parade carrying a banner saying “Straight is Great.” A federal judge in
Speed Read: Voluntary appeal
Tennessee’s attorney general on Tuesday asked a federal judge in Nashville to stay enforcement of her injunction to require the state to recognize the marriages of three same-sex couples, and is appealing the order to the federal appeals court. A
Tennesse judge’s ruling orders state to recognize marriages of three couples
In an important but narrow ruling, a U.S. district court judge in Nashville issued a preliminary injunction late Friday afternoon, barring the state of Tennessee from denying recognition of marriage licenses obtained by three same-sex couples in other states.
Speed Read: Anti-gay bills failing
Bills attempting to provide a way for people to discriminate against gays by claiming a religious exercise failed in multiple states Tuesday. A second Mississippi town voted for "inherent worth" of gays and others. Consequences of Uganda law still playing
Speed Read: Ex-gay therapy ban upheld
The full Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals yesterday denied a request to review a three-judge panel decision that upheld a law that prohibits the use of ex-gay therapy on young people. A Kansas House committee is considering a bill
Speed Read: Tuesday 22 October 2013
Activists are arriving in Springfield, Illinois, today, ready to push a special legislative session to give final passage to a marriage equality bill. A pro-gay Republican group has hired two former members of Congress to lobby for ENDA even though
Showdown brewing over Tennessee anti-gay law
Gay legal activists are already working on a legal challenge to a new state law in Tennessee, signed into law Monday by Republican Governor Bill Haslam, which prevents local governments from requiring their contractors to abide by local human rights
