Texas and four other states filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday, claiming that healthcare professionals should be able to deny transgender individuals necessary medical care if it violates their religious beliefs. This is the second lawsuit brought by Texas that directly attacks the rights of the transgender community.
Few Pastors Have Been Asked To Preside At Same-Sex Weddings— And No One Has Been Forced
Wyoming Judge May Lose Her Job For Refusing To Marry Same-Sex Couples
A Wyoming judge who believes she has a “religious freedom” right to refuse service to same-sex couples may soon be looking for work.
Illinois Pastors Seek Religious Exemptions To Law Banning Conversion Therapy For LGBT Youth
A Religious Right To Discriminate?: Court Adopts Troubling Interpretation Of Religious Freedom Law
Illinois School District Policy On Transgender Student Bathroom Use Still In Effect As School Year Begins (For Now)
At the Intersection of Transgender Advocacy and Religious Freedom
Beware The Gender Unicorn: Franklin Graham Takes Aim At The Transgender Community
North Carolina Law Allowing Magistrates To Avoid Officiating Marriages For Same-Sex Couples Facing Challenges In Federal Court
The attention surrounding North Carolina's controversial bathroom law makes it easy to forget that the Tar Heel State recently enacted another anti-LGBT measure. This one allows magistrates to opt-out of their duty to perform marriages for at least six months if they have a religious objection.
Facing The Music: Roy Moore Prepares To Go On Trial— Again
Accountability In Alabama: No One Is Above The Law, Chief Justice Moore
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by disgraced Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore and Liberty Counsel against the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC). Here's a reminder about why the Justice Moore is in trouble in the first place.
DNC Round-Up: Democrats Offer Alternative Vision Of Religious Freedom
Mississippi Governor And Religious Right Group Fighting To Enforce "Religious Liberty" Law
Mountaineer Muddle: West Virginia Legislators Contemplate Discriminatory Bills
Just months after the West Virginia Senate voted down the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) bill, Mountain State lawmakers are talking about resurrecting it in the next legislative session.
Masterpiece Cakeshop Now Seeks Supreme Court Review
After the Colorado Supreme Court refused to hear his “religious-freedom” challenge to the state’s nondiscrimination ordinance, a cake shop owner has filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court
NBA Pulls All-Star Game From North Carolina Over "Bathroom Law"
What do Bruce Springsteen, 13 conventions, and the 2017 NBA All-Star Game have in common? None of them will be hosted in North Carolina as long as the state's infamous "bathroom law" is still on the books.
Cruz Control?: Texas Senator Says Religious Freedom Protects Atheists, Muslims
Netroots Nation Conference Connects Protect Thy Neighbor With Social Justice Activists Nationwide
FRC’s FADA Fade Away
Governor Mike Pence and the RFRA Debacle
After Gov. Pence signed SB 101 into law, businesses and prominent Hoosiers took a stand against it: the NCAA, CEOs, NASCAR, law professors, healthcare providers, musicians, authors, performers, athletes, conventions, and entire states announced criticism and even boycotts of the state.