Tag: Bobby Jindal
This Weekend in Iowa: Candidates Cozy Up to Radio Host Who Urged Same-Sex Couples to Die on Their We
This weekend in Iowa candidates Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee and Bobby Jindal are scheduled to address the nation’s largest “religious liberty” gathering.
HRC: From Embracing Discrimination on “Day 1” to Defending the Ban on Transgender Military Service,
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, responded to a slew of anti-LGBT comments and positions by candidates competing in the first Republican presidential primary debate in Cleveland, Ohio.
DrupalCon New Orleans and Louisiana’s Religious Freedom Bill
Yesterday (May 19), the Louisiana Legislature’s House Civil Law and Procedure Committee voted 10-2 to return HB707 to the calendar, effectively voting it down, at least for the current session. The bill would allow businesses to refuse, in accordance with religious beliefs, to provide goods and services on the basis of a patron’s sexuality.
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s executive order: Travel ban talk and hint at potential backlash
A New York state lawmaker has asked that state’s governor to enact a travel ban on Louisiana in response to Gov. Bobby Jindal’s recent executive order, which is modeled off religious freedom legislation critics say authorises discrimination of LGBT people.
Another Desperate Cry for Attention From Governor Bobby Jindal
Yesterday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s efforts to pass one of his top priorities, anti-LGBT HB 707, were dealt a major setback. By a bipartisan vote of 10-2 to “return to calendar without amendments,” the bill was potentially killed for the session.