LGBTQ & Human Rights - Page 12 of 26
March 8th, 2019
A public elementary school in the U.K. has become ground zero for an intense political standoff between two opposing groups: Muslim families and LGBT rights supporters.
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February 18th, 2019
Wyoming lawmakers recently held a vote on whether to officially repeal the death penalty, but it was defeated in the State Senate. Among those who voted “no” was Sen. Lynn Hutchings, who insisted that the death penalty is actually a good thing because it brought us Jesus Christ.
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January 14th, 2019
Are Islam and conservatism inherently at odds? That the question a group of Republicans officials in one Texas county were forced to tackle last week.
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December 11th, 2018
A Dutch man seeking to legally change his age to be 20 years younger took the case to court, arguing that it was no different than changing genders. Unfortunately for him, the court didn't see it that way.
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November 16th, 2018
The embattled county clerk who became an icon for the religious right when she refused to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple. Now Kim Davis has been knocked out of her office by the blue wave.
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October 24th, 2018
Houston Public Library's "Drag Queen Story Hour" has proven to be a step too far in the progressive direction for some conservative religious groups. They argue the program is “perverting” children’s minds and “recklessly promoting LGBT doctrine.”
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October 12th, 2018
Just when you thought Christian bakers were out of the news for good, a story from across the pond has reignited the debate over religious freedom and LGBT rights. The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that two devoutly Christian owners of a bakeshop in Belfast were justified in refusing to bake a cake for a local gay rights activist.
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October 1st, 2018
A Catholic priest has been removed from his Chicago parish after performing an exorcism on a rainbow flag, cutting it into pieces, and burning it with the help of like-minded parishioners. Did the church have a choice?
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September 25th, 2018
Children’s Hospital of Colorado has found itself at the center of controversy after a recent announcement that it will no longer be printing gender markers on the wristbands it gives to patients. LGBTQ groups support the decision, but critics say it could prove dangerous.
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