Category: Only In America
Only in America : Kansas Governor Brownback Issues Anti-LGBT Executive Order
Last Tuesday, the Human Rights Campaign, the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation denounced Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s executive order encouraging blatant discrimination against LGBT Kansans in the name of religion.
Only in America : Over 60 pct of Republicans oppose court on gay marriage
lmost two-thirds of Republicans oppose the Supreme Court’s backing of gay marriage, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, which gives hope for conservative presidential candidates who have come out strongly against marriage equality.
Only In America : Girl stands up to anti-gay preacher
Zea faces down a fire and brimstone street preacher, at a festival in Columbus, the day after the SCOTUS marriage equality ruling.
Only in America : ‘No gays but guns are allowed’: Business owner refuses to serve gay customers
The US business owner posted a scathing anti-gay rant on Facebook stressing that homosexuals were not allowed in his vehicle repair shop – but people carrying guns get a discount.
Only in America : Two New Anti-Transgender Bills in Texas
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) strongly denounces new proposed legislation in Texas that singles out transgender people for harsh discrimination. Introduced by Republican State Representative Gilbert Peña on March 10, House Bills 2801 and 2802 come on the heels of a string of bills targeting transgender people, including a prior bill in Texas, and similar ones in Kentucky, Florida and Minnesota.
Only in America : Opposition to Georgia’s License to Discriminate Bill
The Georgia Senate is considering SB 129 this afternoon, a so-called “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” (RFRA) that would make it legal for any individual or business in the state to discriminate against others – including LGBT people – and claim they can do so because of their religious beliefs. The GOP-led Senate is not allowing amendments to be offered – amendments which could have allowed for keeping the religious freedom component of the bill in place while carving out common sense protections to ensure the bill couldn’t be used to discriminate.