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31 Dec 2015, 6:59 am
(9th Cir. 2012), turns out to be a “national anarchist group …, which has described itself as largely composed of gay, lesbian, transgendered, bisexual, and queer activists. [read post]
29 Dec 2015, 12:35 pm
Instead, the University relied upon standards established by state and federal law, the Hawaii Department of Education, the HTSB, and the University’s national accreditation agency, the NCATE…. [read post]
24 Dec 2015, 12:01 am
To that end they worked to curb the education, economic advancement, voting rights, and right to keep and bear arms of blacks. [read post]
27 Nov 2015, 9:39 am
The Brown decision took place outside the context of a threat to national security. [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 6:14 am
Paul Ryan Lands at Center of a Rivalry for the Soul of the G.O.P.New York Times – Carl Hulse | Published: 11/2/2015 The rise of the tea party-influenced conservatives who toppled John Boehner as House speaker has driven a wedge between the party’s right flank and the corporate interests and business advocates who were the embodiment of the Republican Party in years past. [read post]
5 Nov 2015, 9:49 pm
Houston voters repealed a controversial ordinance that would have banned discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, among other protected characteristics—a move that the repeal’s supporters argued would “end this constant political-correctness attack on what we know in our heart and our gut as Americans is not right,” while critics such as Houston’s first openly lesbian mayor, Annise Parker, warned would “stain[ ]… [read post]
26 Oct 2015, 9:12 am
Human Rights Campaign Institute for Science and Human Values Jewish Women International Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Legal Momentum Media Equity Collaborative Muslim Advocates National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity National Black Justice Coalition National Center for Lesbian Rights National Coalition Against Domestic Violence National Council of Jewish Women National Council of… [read post]
9 Oct 2015, 6:00 am
A representative of the National Center for Lesbian Rights saw the decision as further confirmation of a “growing consensus” that sexual orientation should be a protected category—not just in employment, but also in other areas of life such as education and housing. [read post]
23 Sep 2015, 9:30 pm
Julie Gonen, Policy Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, praised the proposed rule but also emphasized the importance of including discrimination based on sexual orientation in the final rule. [read post]
23 Sep 2015, 8:04 am
Community justice organizations: Color of Change, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Centro Legal de la Raza, CAIR, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights Child advocates: ConnectSafely and Common Sense Media Not only are public interest groups supporting the legislation, but virtually all of California’s large Internet companies — Google, Facebook, Adobe, Twitter, Mozilla, Foursquare, reddit, Dropbox, and, of course,… [read post]
1 Sep 2015, 6:07 am
Free Exercise sometimes tends to be argued as if the opt out demanded occurs in a vacuum in which the religious objection is centered and its connection to its consequences fade into less significance. [read post]
30 Aug 2015, 9:30 pm
As the New Deal embedded unions’ collective bargaining rights in national policy and national administration, Lee notes, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the NAACP confronted a Congress in which Southern senators and congressmen held strategic authority. [read post]
19 Aug 2015, 7:30 am
Kwall writes illuminating chapters about how various halachists have responded to such issues as riding cars to synagogues in order to attend Sabbath services at synagogues too far away from one’s home to make walking truly feasible; the acceptance of gays and lesbians within the Jewish community, including the ability to serve as rabbis or to be married within religious ceremonies; the right of women even to study Torah and participate in synagogue services by chanting from… [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 10:40 am
And thanks to the Chautauqua Institution for making this day possible and to Greg Peterson of the Jackson Center for your terrific hospitality. [read post]
8 Jul 2015, 11:17 am
(An interesting side note: Justice Kennedy, a 1988 Reagan nominee, has authored all four of the major SCOTUS cases on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights: Romer v. [read post]
2 Jul 2015, 3:20 am
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at how the Supreme Court must depend upon others to put its judgments such as the same-sex marriage decision into effect. [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 1:29 pm
This Court has rejected that approach, both with respect to the right to marry and the rights of gays and lesbians. [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 10:14 am
It is undoubtedly a momentous occasion for gays and lesbians around the nation. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 12:17 pm
Gay and lesbian couples seek the equal right to enter into marital commitments on the same terms as opposite sex couples. [read post]
10 Jun 2015, 12:04 pm
Two kinds of freedom of speech I've argued a few times (sometimes conveying my message successfully sometimes not), that freedom of speech is not merely a legal issue centering on the first amendment, but also a cultural issue, centering on our willingness to tolerate the presence and the words of those we disagree with – even when we know that those ideas aren't merely foolish (e.g. preferring Chocolate ice-cream over a good French Vanilla), but actively… [read post]
