Tag: Kim Davis
While Donald Trump and Friends Double Down on Religious-based Discrimination, Americans Disagree
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, released the following statement after Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio suggested they would require their appointments to the Supreme Court pass a “religious liberty” litmus test.
Only in America : Mississippi House Passes Discriminatory “Religious Liberty Accommodations Act”
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Mississippi blasted the state House of Representatives for advancing H.B. 1523. Sponsored by House Speaker Philip Gunn, this vile piece of legislation will allow individuals, religious organizations 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 schools, in their family life and more. The bill was passed by a vote of 80-39, and now heads to the Senate.
Outrageous anti-LGBT (RLA Act) Advances in Mississippi
Bill is one of twelve other anti-LGBT bills under consideration in the Mississippi State Legislature this session.
Report: Pope Francis Met with Gay Couple During Trip to U.S.
Today, in response to reports that Pope Francis met privately with a local same-sex couple during his visit to the nation’s capital, Chad Griffin, President of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, released the following statement:
Vatican feels ‘regret’ over Kim Davis meeting
Pope Francis’ meeting last week with an American woman at the centre of a row over gay marriage was not something he had sought and should not be seen as an endorsement of her views, the Vatican says.
Amid Reports of Papal Meeting with Kim Davis, HRC Urges Church to Embrace LGBT Catholics
HRC Responds to Reports of Papal Meeting with Kim Davis; Urges Church to Embrace LGBT Catholics.