Religion Dispatches
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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More and more practitioners have grown weary of being repeatedly told “because God says so, end of discussion” when asking why same-sex relationships are prohibited in Islam.
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Despite reports (from unnamed sources) suggesting otherwise, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are not the…
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Many LGBT advocates protested U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order barring refugees from entering the country as…
Read MoreAs the Donald Trump administration took power in Washington, D.C., amid some uncertainty about the…
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The fact that this faction has shown itself willing to align with far-right religious groups that oppose much of the fundamental feminist doctrine betrays a twisted set of priorities.
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The claims of religious persecution, particularly by cisgender, straight white men who run multi-million-dollar advocacy groups, are especially heinous on a day intended to commemorate Dr. King’s life.
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch released its 2017 World Report, in which the group reviews human rights…
Read MoreDurga Sengupta at CatchNews.com reported on progress and backlash on LGBT issues in India and…
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To almost nobody’s surprise, 2016 ended with another confusing and un-American blow in the “religious freedom” vs. freedom…
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