WA Supreme Court: LGBT Discrimination No More About Flowers Than Civil Rights Were About Sandwiches
Court guarantees equality, not roses.
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What Muslim Ban? A Religious Liberty Hearing in the Trump Era
Today, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the “State of Religious Liberty…
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If it’s Really About “Religious Freedom,” Why Mention Just One Belief?
For the past week or so, the National Review‘s Alexandra Desanctis and I have been debating…
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ACLU’s Religious Freedom Suit Against Trump Order: “Gerrymandered to Target Muslims”
President Trump’s controversial travel ban is “religiously gerrymandered to target Muslims,” says ACLU senior staff attorney Heather Weaver.
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Sorry, National Review: “Religious Freedom” Bills Do Permit Bigotry
It is true there is no federal or state law that says “it’s OK to turn away the gays if God said you could,” but there’s also no federal law protecting LGBT people from discrimination in the workplace, in housing, in healthcare, or in public accommodations.
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Irony Watch: Trump’s Travel Ban Violates Religious Freedom Act According to ACLU Lawsuit
Tearing a page from the “religious liberty” playbook, the ACLU contends that Trump’s travel ban violates core constitutional principles—and, crucially, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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Dear Readers: Letter From an Anonymous Liberal Pastor in Trump Country
Like many liberals since the election, I have been swinging between absolute terror and despair and bits of hopefulness among the flames.
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More Myth Than Fact: Kushner and Ivanka Changed Trump’s Mind on LGBT Discrimination
Despite reports (from unnamed sources) suggesting otherwise, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are not the…
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Will Justice Gorsuch Prioritize “Religious Freedom” Over Civil Rights?
Americans United for Separation Church and State has some serious concerns about how a Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch might dismantle that constitutional wall.
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Unified Catholic Opposition to Trump’s “Muslim Ban” is Wishful Thinking
It’s understandable that with people grasping for a light in the darkness in the wake…
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