LGBTQ & Human Rights - Page 24 of 28
May 1st, 2014
It might seem hard to believe, but the United Church of Christ (UCC) is suing the State of North Carolina for restricting religious freedom by banning its ministers from performing same-sex weddings.
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March 27th, 2014
How has religion contributed to the oppression of women and girls? Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter explores this question in a recent interview, arguing that religious fundamentalism has misused religious texts.
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February 26th, 2014
Recently, the Arizona legislature passed a bill which would allow business owners to discriminate against LGBT people on the basis of personal religious belief, allowing them to deny service.
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January 16th, 2014
Same-sex marriages performed in Utah while it was legal will be recognized by the federal government, announced U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.
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November 11th, 2013
What happens when a high school student rips out pages of the Bible to protest school bullying? Apparently, he gets expelled. This is precisely what happened to 18 year-old Isaiah Smith of Fort Worth, Texas.
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October 25th, 2013
Take away barriers to gender and religion in marriage, and what is left? Apparently, love. That is what it boiled down to for a retired Catholic priest and his Jewish partner, who finally got married after 20 years.
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September 11th, 2013
Do states’ rights trump individual rights? The Obama Administration recently announced that same-sex couples would be treated the same as opposite-sex couples; meanwhile, the Pentagon has extended eligibility for military benefits to same-sex partners of U.S
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September 3rd, 2013
Fifty years ago this summer, on a sweltering, steamy day in Washington, D.C., thousands walked the 1.6-mile route from the United States Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial.
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August 2nd, 2013
The mayor of Minneapolis celebrated Minnesota's same-sex marriage law by getting ordained with the Universal Life Church to officiate over forty gay weddings in an all-night wedding marathon.
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