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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case Against Mississippi’s Anti-Gay Religious ‘License to Discriminate’ Law
The U.S. Supreme Court is refusing to review a case challenging one of the most extreme anti-gay laws in the country. Mississippi’s HB 1523, which grants the right to refuse service by anyone to anyone if they believe that person is LGBT, in a same-sex relationship – including a legal marriage – has ever had sex [...]
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Without Warning Trump Fires Entire White House HIV/AIDS Council, Scrubs Names From Website Overnight
All sixteen members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) have been fired without warning or explanation, and overnight the White House website, HIV.gov, has been scrubbed of their names. “With no explanation, the White House has terminated members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS amid widespread discontent with President Trump’s approach to the [...]
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Roy Moore Refuses to Concede Alabama Race in Rambling Religious Screed Attacking Sodomy, Same-Sex Marriage, Transgender People
As he has done his entire career, Roy Moore late Wednesday night placed his personal interpretation of the Bible over Alabama law. In a rambling nearly five-minute video in which he indistinguishably mixed Scripture and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, the twice former Chief Justice tried to reframe his two percentage point, 21,000 vote loss to Democrat Doug Jones into a [...]
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Ordered by Three Federal Court Judges to Accept Transgender Military Recruits, Trump Administration Once Again Files Appeal
The Trump administration is refusing to take no for an answer. Three federal court judges separately have ordered the U.S. military to accept new transgender recruits as of January 1, 2018, in accordance with prior Pentagon plans. The Pentagon has agreed to comply with these court orders, the most recent coming Monday evening, but the Justice Dept. [...]
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Australia Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill by Massive Landslide – Just Four MPs Vote No
Australia’s House of Representatives overnight passed its same-sex marriage bill in a massive landslide vote, with just four Members of Parliament out of 150 voting no. About a dozen, including former anti-gay prime minister Tony Abbott, abstained from voting, The Guardian reports. One week ago the Senate also passed the same-sex marriage bill. In November the results [...]
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