Tag: Hobby Lobby
TLDEF Denounces Federal Court Ruling in Favour of Michigan Funeral Home that Fired Employee for Being Transgender
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) condemns a federal court ruling in favour of a Garden City, Michigan funeral home that fired an employee for being transgender.
Federal Judge Could Set Dangerous Precedent With Transgender Employment Discrimination Ruling
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, released the following statement in response to a decision by a federal judge in Michigan who ruled in favour of a Detroit-based funeral home who fired a transgender employee due to her gender identity.
Rea Carey : “we Stand With Planned Parenthood”
The National LGBTQ Task Force is describing a much publicised video attack on Planned Parenthood by an anti-abortion group as “sensationalised, misleading and untrue.”
HRC Statement on the Supreme Court Ruling in Hobby Lobby
Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in two cases, collectively known as the Hobby Lobby case, in which the Justices were asked to decide whether requiring a corporation to provide insurance coverage that includes contraception under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a “substantial burden” on the corporation, and violates Christian business owners’ religious freedom rights.
Family Equality Council Statement on Hobby Lobby Ruling by Supreme Court
Family Equality Council®, the national organisation which connects, supports, and represents the estimated three million parents who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer in the United States and their six million children of all ages, today reacted to the United States Supreme Court Ruling in the Hobby Lobby case.