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Texas Senate Passes Damaging Child Welfare Bill: Lambda Legal Urges Governor to Veto

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By Lambda Legal

May 22, 2017

"Those agencies that won't commit to putting children's needs first, and to nondiscrimination as a core promise to children and families, must not be allowed to operate as agents of the government."

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships, Teens & Young Adults, Youth in Out-of-Home Care, Texas

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What Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Executive Order Does – and Doesn’t Do – and Why You Should Still Be Worried

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By Sharon McGowan

May 5, 2017

With yesteday’s Executive Order, Donald Trump handed out razors to every anti-LGBTQ zealot that he has put in place in his administration.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Resistance

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Today We Were in Court at the 5th Circuit Fighting Mississippi's Anti-LGBT Law

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By Lambda Legal

April 3, 2017

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Stand Up to Defeat DOMA!, Mississippi

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Meet The People Fighting Mississippi's Hateful Anti-LGBT HB 1523

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By Lambda Legal

April 3, 2017

Meet our plaintiffs in Barber v. Bryant, Lambda Legal's case with co-counsel against Mississippi's hateful HB 1523.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Mississippi

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Mississippi’s Anti-LGBT Law Reaches Fifth Circuit: Lambda Legal Joins Legal Advocates Filing Opening Briefs

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By Lambda Legal

December 16, 2016

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Transgender Rights, Mississippi

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Lambda Legal Represents Lesbian Couple in Wedding Cake Discrimination Case

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By Lambda Legal

September 6, 2016

Lambda Legal has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Oregon Court of Appeals in a case of an Oregon bakery that refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple.

See Also: Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Oregon

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Lambda Legal Calls for Mississippi HB 1523 Records to Watchdog Against Discrimination

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By Lambda Legal

June 30, 2016

Today Lambda Legal announced that as part of its watchdog efforts as HB 1523 — Mississippi’s anti-LGBT law — takes effect tomorrow, it has sent demands to a dozen Mississippi government agencies and officials for records relating to the law and its impact.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Mississippi

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Lambda Legal Applauds Introduction of Federal Do No Harm Act

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By Lambda Legal

May 18, 2016

Today, U.S. Reps. Joseph Kennedy (D-MA) and Robert C.

See Also: Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions

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Frequently Asked Questions about Mississippi's HB 1523

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By Lambda Legal

April 6, 2016

On April 5, 2016, Mississippi governor Phil Bryant signed HB1523, an anti-LGBT bill that invites a broad range of individuals, private businesses, and medical and social services agencies to discriminate based on religious beliefs about marriage, non-marital sexual relationships, and conformity with gender stereotypes. This FAQ is designed to help answer questions about this new law.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Mississippi

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Lambda Legal Condemns Passage of Anti-LGBT Mississippi Bill HB 1523

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By Jennifer C. Pizer

April 5, 2016

Mississippi legislators and Gov. Bryant have ignored the voices of reason and responsibility and have exposed many already terribly vulnerable in the state to yet more discrimination, abuse and violence.

See Also: ANTI-LGBT RULINGS, LAWS AND AMENDMENTS, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Mississippi

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