Anti Discrimination Law

'Landmark' Ruling Deems Transgender Employees Protected Under Anti-Discrimination Laws

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Transphobia, Video, Transgender, LGBT Rights, Transgender Rights, Anti-Discrimination Law, Transgender Issues, Slidepollajax, Transgender Law Center, Anti-Discrimination, Gay Voices News

In what has been hailed as a "landmark" move, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled Monday that employers which discriminates against...

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WATCH: Pennsylvania Township's LGBT Rights Ordinance Concerns Residents Over Transgender People's Restroom Use

Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Pennsylvania, Gay Rights, Transgender, Equality PA, Anti-Discrimation Laws, LGBT Rights, Anti-Discrimination Law, Transgender Issues, Gay Voices News

A Pennsylvania township's decision to pass an ordinance to prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation has been hailed as a victory for the are...

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Michigan Pastor Becomes Unlikely LGBT Advocate

Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Bill Freeman, Gay Rights, LGBT Discrimination, Holland Michigan, Until Love Is Equal, LGBT Rights, Anti-Discrimination Law, Michigan, Anti-Discrimination, Video, Gay Voices News

A Michigan pastor has become an unlikely advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights after urging his municipality to adopt laws...

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Supreme Court To Weigh Churches' Hiring Rights

Posted 11.29.2011

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By Lauren Markoe Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday (Oct. 5.) will hear one of most important religion cases in...

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Amanda Terkel

Tennessee Anti-Gay Bill Would Roll Back Civil Rights Protections

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.23.2011

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UPDATE: Haslam signed the bill into law Monday evening. WASHINGTON -- Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) must decide by June 1 whether to sign legislat...

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Family Research Council Using Fraudulent Pamphlet in Anti-Gay Ad

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alvin McEwen

The Family Research Council is speaking against broadening an anti-discrimination ordinance in Holland, MI. How the organization has chosen to do so is raising alarm.

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Before the U.S. Civil Rights Laws: Anti-Discrimination Action in New York State

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lawrence Wittner

Rand Paul is quite right. Anti-discrimination laws do turn the tables on businessmen, who find that they can no longer mistreat employees and customers on the basis of race or gender.

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Salt Lake City OKs Gay Rights Laws With Mormon Church's Support

AP | JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unani...

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Xu Zhiyong and What His Detention Means for Rule of Law in China

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elizabeth Lynch

The Chinese Communist Party is unified by one principle: to remain in power. Any organized effort, even if within the confines of the law, will be viewed as a threat to the CCP's authority.

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Calling for a New Era of Civil Rights Enforcement

Paula B. Mays | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paula B. Mays

As early as 2004 a report found that the government's enforcement of civil rights cases -- an extremely rare event under all recent presidents -- sharply declined during the Bush years.

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James Dobson's Toilet Politics

Christine Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Rights, The Fall of the Evangelical Nation, James Dobson, Christianity, Christine Wicker, Evangelicals, Colorado, Anti-Discrimination Law, Focus on the Family, Bill Ritter, Tom Minnery, Home News
Christine Wicker

How does a transvestite go to the toilet? I don't mean anatomically. I mean locationally, as in to which bathroom? I never thought about it until Focus on the Family began battling Colorado's new anti-discrimination bill.

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