Tag: anti-equality
Only in America : Anti-LGBT “Religious Liberty Accommodations Act” Advances to the Mississippi Senate
Following a vote today by Mississippi Senate Judiciary A to advance H.B 1523, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Mississippi called on the Mississippi Senate to put a stop to the discriminatory anti-LGBT bill. If passed, H.B. 1523 would allow individuals, religious organisations and private associations to use religion to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Mississippians, in some of the most important aspect of their lives, including at work, at school, in their family life and more. The bill passed out of committee by a voice vote.
Anti-LGBT Bill Advances in Kansas Allowing Student Groups to Discriminate, Exclude LGBT Members
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation yesterday sharply condemned SB 175, a bill that passed in the Kansas House yesterday by a vote of 80-39 that would put LGBT college students at risk of discrimination.
2016 Preview : HRC Previews Anti-LGBT State & Local Legislation
Many of the 115 anti-LGBT bills introduced in 2015 have been held over to 2016; bad bills expected in at least 27 states.
Which Anti-Equality Candidate will the Family Leader Endorse Tomorrow?
With less than 60 days until the Iowa Caucus, the state’s most prominent anti-LGBT group, the Family Leader, is expected to announce tomorrow it’s highly sought-after endorsement in the 2016 presidential election. Seven GOP candidates attended the Family Leader’s Presidential Forum in November, and their long records of anti-LGBT rhetoric and positions gives Family Leader President and CEO, Bob Vander Plaats many options to choose from.
Sneak Attack In North Carolina General Assembly Puts LGBT Rights At Risk
Anti-LGBT legislation could strip rights of local municipalities to enact LGBT non-discrimination ordinances and erase existing protections.
MEPs regret outcome of referendum banning same-sex marriage
In yesterday’s referendum, two thirds of voters in Croatia opted to define marriage as ‘matrimony between a man and a woman’ in the Croatian flagconstitution. The outcome will make it harder to open marriage to all couples in the future.