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Seventh-day Adventists Sue For Right to Discriminate in Hiring

October 11th, 2024

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is suing the state of Maryland, arguing that they should be allowed to legally discriminate against everyone from the LGBTQ+ community to remarried people to porn viewers in employment.

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Meet 2024's Hottest Religion: Transphobia?

October 10th, 2024

Move aside Abrahamic faiths, there's a new religion in town. 3,000 individuals listed their religion as 'believer in biology' in the 2022 Scottish census in a campaigned organized by an anti-transgender feminist group.

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Parents Sound Alarm About "Gayest" Marvel Show Yet

September 26th, 2024

Comments from the cast of Marvel's latest TV Disney + show, 'Agatha All Along,' are causing outrage and even protests from some parents, who say kids simply should not be exposed to shows with LGBTQ+ and Pagan content.

Pagan & Wiccan 192 Comments

Religious Parents Demand to Opt Kids Out of LGBTQ+ Curriculum

September 19th, 2024

A group of religious parents in Maryland say their First Amendment rights were violated by their local school district, which doesn't allow them to opt their kids out of LGBTQ-focused lesson plans.

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Can You Be Mormon and Trans? LDS Church Introduces Strict New Guidelines

August 29th, 2024

The Mormon Church just announced new guidelines for transgender members - and they're stricter than ever. Transgender Mormons can no longer pursue priesthood or even be baptized unless they transition back.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 131 Comments

Texas Pastors Demand 676 "Filthy and Evil" Books Be Pulled From Schools

August 22nd, 2024

As one Texas faith group tries to get 676 books - many of them with LGBTQ+ content - banned from school libraries, another faith group is fighting back to what they say is a violation of separation of church and state.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 154 Comments

Law Banning Kids From Drag Shows Upheld by Tennessee Court

July 25th, 2024

Do kids and drag queens mix? Tennessee's Adult Entertainment Act was just upheld in an appeals court after a year of legal battle, meaning Tennessee children are now legally prohibited from attending most drag shows.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 128 Comments

Christians Denied Service at Subway Over Incendiary Anti-LGBTQ+ Shirts

July 19th, 2024

In a viral video, a group of Christians were kicked out of a Subway sandwich restaurant for their inflammatory shirts, including one that used a gay slur. They say it's religious discrimination, but is it?

LGBTQ & Human Rights 227 Comments

TX Supreme Court Sides With Official Who Refused to Perform Same-Sex Marriages

July 5th, 2024

The Texas Supreme Court just sided with Dianne Hensley, a Justice of the Peace who cited her Christian values as the reason for her refusal to perform same-sex marriages for LGBTQ+ couples.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 157 Comments

Catholic Charity In Hot Water for Reading Gender-Fluid Book to Children

June 27th, 2024

Some parents are outraged after Scott Stuart's book 'My Shadow is Purple,' which promotes gender nonconformity to kids, was read to children at an event by the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Trenton.

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