Five Signs Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale” Dystopia May Be Nigh
Pending dystopia, it appears, is in the eye of the beholder. Here at RD, Diane…
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DeVos Literally Can’t Name a Discriminatory Policy She’d Refuse to Fund
In a tense exchange with Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark on Wednesday, Secretary of Education Betsy…
Read MoreTexas’ Anti-LGBT Adoption Bill Is Unconstitutional and Unnecessary, Say Texas Law Professors
Nine sitting law professors at major universities in Texas have drafted an open letter to…
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“Pro-Life” Has Officially Lost its Meaning
For anyone whose political memory dates back more than a decade or two, the term…
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Why Trump’s Religious Liberty Order is “a Whole Lot of Nothing”
This morning’s presidential signing of an executive order “promoting free speech and religious liberty” isn’t the…
Read MoreTexas Pastor: Christians Claiming “Religious Persecution” Are Actually Just “Selfish”
It’s not every day that a Baptist pastor based in Texas urges his congregants to…
Read MoreState-Licensed Ministers Can’t “Pray Away the Gay,” SCOTUS Affirms
The Supreme Court’s refusal to consider an appeal of California’s 2012 ban on conversion therapy is the clearest sign…
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Innocuous SCOTUS Ruling Opens Door For Discriminatory Religious Institutions to Access Public Funds
On its surface, the first religious liberty case heard by the now-fully-seated Supreme Court seems to…
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Humiliating “Kim Davis Bill” To “Protect” Anti-LGBT County Clerks Passes Texas Senate
While everyone (including me) was busy blasting North Carolina for its latest (unconstitutional) effort to…
Read MoreIs Religion the Only Tool Left for Legal Discrimination?
While many mistakenly believe that the law protects LGBTQ Americans from employment discrimination (excepting efforts to…
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