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Christian groups back new LGBT civil rights bill that protects religious institutions
A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Friday backed by faith groups seeks to extend federal discrimination protections for sexual orientation and gender identity while providing protections for individual and institutional religious objectors to homosexuality.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan Calls Proposed NY Abortion Bill 'A Killer'
Cardinal Timothy Dolan is blasting a proposal that would allow easier access to abortion in New York while also extending the legal time frame women are allowed to receive and abortion.
Female athletes who lost to trans-identified males fight for 'fair playing field'
Linnea Saltz wants to be a lobbyist. Haley Tanne intends to pursue a career as a physician’s assistant. Chelsea Mitchell plans to obtain a degree in marketing. While all three women have different career aspirations, they all have one common experience: losing to biological males who identify as females in female track competitions.
British Official Draws Ire for Letting Faith Schools Condemn Homosexuality
Britain's Education Secretary Michael Gove is under fire for his stance that the sex education curriculum of schools run by religious groups does not come under the purview of the country's equality laws that prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
Miss. gov. signs law to help end discrimination against babies with Down syndrome, assist parents
Pro-life groups are celebrating as the governor of Mississippi has signed into law a measure that will require doctors to “provide accurate and up-to-date educational information to parents of children newly diagnosed with Down Syndrome.”
Hindu Council May Challenge Church's Yoga Ban
The largest national network of Hindu organizations in the United Kingdom is considering whether a ban on yoga classes at St. James Anglican Church and the Silver Street Baptist Church in Taunton, Somerset, breaches the Equality Act 2006.
UK high court rules in favor of woman fired for saying men can’t become women
A U.K. high court judge has ruled in favor of a British woman who was fired from her job because she stated on social media that men could not become women.
Christchurch: Looking for evil in all the wrong places
As I record this commentary, the death toll in the horrific terrorist attack in New Zealand has risen to 50 souls.
The Fairness for All Act falls short
In essence, just like the proposed Equality Act supported by House Democrats, the Fairness for All Act would place sexual orientation and gender identity on par with race and religion as protected classes under the Civil Rights Act.
Georgia bans abortion after heartbeat is detected, recognizes fetus as natural person
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp angered abortion supporters Tuesday when he signed a bill into law that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat has been detected and recognizes fetuses as natural persons.
Texas passes law banning boys from competing on girls' sports teams
Texas' Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill into law that requires students to participate on sports teams that correspond with their biological sex, as determined by the birth certificate issued at or near the time they were born.
Republican lawmakers introduce bills to ban sex change surgeries for kids, taxpayer funding for mutilation
Congressional Republicans have introduced two pieces of legislation that would ban gender reassignment surgery for minors in addition to preventing taxpayers from having to pay for elective gender reassignment surgeries.
Attorney Tells U.K. Christian Foster Parents that Appeal Is 'Futile'
The U.K. Parliament must rectify the \"bad laws\" restricting the freedom of British Christians to live according to their beliefs, says a Christian lawyer.
Transgender People Not Entitled to Women-Only Bathrooms: UK Responds to Feminist Petition
The U.K. government has responded to a petition demanding that women be heard from when it comes to transgender people using single-sex spaces by vowing that the latter will not be legally entitled to female or male-only bathrooms.
New York's Gay Marriage Challenge Rejected by Appeals Court
A state appeals court rejected a lawsuit challenging New York's gay marriage law Friday, ruling that Republican state senators did not violate the state's open meeting law when they held closed-door meetings with gay marriage supporters, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Judge Rules Against Christian Guesthouse Owners
A judge has sided with a gay couple who were refused a double room at a Christian guesthouse. Judge Andrew Rutherford ruled that the hotel policy was unlawful
Maya Forstater awarded over $136K after losing job for challenging trans ideology
Maya Forstater, a British tax consultant who lost her job after asserting that biological sex is immutable, has been awarded over $100,000 in damages after an Employment Tribunal found that she had suffered “direct discrimination” and “victimization” at the hands of her employer.
Religious freedom scholars divided on 'Fairness for All' LGBT rights bill: 'Step in the right direction'
Two scholars shared conflicting views during a Wednesday panel discussion about a proposed compromise bill that would codify a ban on LGBT discrimination into federal law while protecting the religious freedom of faith-based organizations and individuals.
62% of Americans oppose allowing boys who identify as female to compete in girls' sports: Gallup
A new Gallup poll reveals that a supermajority of Americans oppose allowing boys who identify as female to compete in girls' sports.
Equality, equity, and the coming persecution
Equality was God’s idea, as in “created equal.” Yet, it was never about guaranteed outcomes, only equality of opportunity, as in the “golden text”.