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At the Supreme Court this Week: Religious Objections, Birth Control, and Trump’s No Good, Very Broad Rules

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By Jennifer C. Pizer

May 8, 2020

While every Supreme Court proceeding has drama, there’s extra excitement now.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health
Once Again: Freedom of Religion is Not Freedom to Harm

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By Lambda Legal

May 6, 2020

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in two cases joined for the purposes of argument, Trump v. Pennsylvania and Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions, United States
This Colorado Marketing and Design Firm Wants A Pass to Discriminate

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By Lambda Legal

April 30, 2020

Lambda Legal urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to affirm a lower court that denied a Colorado marketing and design firm’s request that it be exempt from the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) and instead be allowed to refuse website design services to same-sex couples because the owner claims it violates her religion to treat same- and different-sex couples equally.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Colorado
6 LGBTQ Rights Fights to Watch in 2020

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By Ariel Goldberg

January 15, 2020

We’re only two weeks into 2020 and there is no shortage of action.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, HIV, Intersex, Law & Policy Project, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Military, Religious Exemptions, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
A Federal Trial Court in New York Fully Vacated HHS's "Denial of Care" Rule

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By Lambda Legal

November 6, 2019

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, New York
7 Questions LGBTQ People Have for the 2020 Presidential Candidates

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By Ariel Goldberg

October 10, 2019

As the 2020 election approaches, all eyes are on D.C. (and sometimes on Twitter).

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, HIV, Housing, Intersex, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Military, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Same-sex relationships, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights
Oregon Appellate Court Should Uphold Their Ruling Against Anti-LGBTQ Bakery (Again)

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By Lambda Legal

September 20, 2019

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Oregon
Supreme Court Punts on Lambda Legal Case of Oregon Baker Who Refused to Bake Wedding Cake for Lesbian Couple

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By Lambda Legal

June 17, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the Oregon Court of Appeals must look again at how the Oregon court system processed the discrimination claim against an Oregon bakery, Sweetcakes by Melissa, and its conclusion that the bakery violated Oregon’s nondiscrimination statutes when they refused to bake a wedding cake for Lambda Legal clients Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer, because they said doing so would violate the owners’ religious beliefs.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Oregon
Lambda Legal Celebrates Key Victory Reaffirming LGBT Rights in Flower Shop Discrimination Case

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By Lambda Legal

June 6, 2019

The Washington Supreme Court today unanimously reaffirmed its February 2017 ruling that a Richland, WA, florist had violated the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) when she refused to sell flowers to a same-sex couple for their wedding.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage, Religious Exemptions, Washington
LGBT Advocates Sue Trump HHS and South Carolina for Discriminating Against Same-Sex Foster Parents

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By Lambda Legal

May 30, 2019

Lambda Legal, the ACLU, ACLU of South Carolina, and South Carolina Equality Coalition are suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the state of South Carolina on behalf of a married lesbian couple, Eden Rogers and Brandy Welch, who were turned away by a government-funded foster care agency for failing to meet the agency’s religious criteria, which exclude prospective foster parents who are not evangelical Protestant Christian or who are same-sex couples of any faith.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, South Carolina

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