The Religious Exemption and the LGBT Executive Order for Federal Contracts

The Religious Exemption and the LGBT Executive Order for Federal Contracts

In July, 2014, President Obama issued Executive Order 13672 prohibiting sexual orientation and gender identity job discrimination in federal contracting. In April, 2015, regulations implementing…

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Opportunity to Comment: NPRM on Sex and Gender Identity Discrimination in Health Services

Opportunity to Comment: NPRM on Sex and Gender Identity Discrimination in Health Services

The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting public comment on proposed regulations clarifying and expanding the ban on sex discrimination in…

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President Obama: Keep RFRA!

President Obama: Keep RFRA!

Today, September 10th, a wide range of religious leaders wrote to President Obama, asking him to maintain his administration’s commitment to the Religious Freedom Restoration…

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 President Should Keep Resisting Pressure to Hamper FBOs by Limiting Religious Staffing

President Should Keep Resisting Pressure to Hamper FBOs by Limiting Religious Staffing

Various progressive civil rights, religious, LGBT, and union organizations have asked President Obama to agree with them that religious hiring by religious organizations is discrimination…

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Equality Act assessment:  nondiscrimination in employment

Equality Act assessment: nondiscrimination in employment

Stanley Carlson-Thies The Equality Act, introduced into the House and the Senate in late July, 2015, is intended to comprehensively prohibit under federal law, discrimination…

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Why Religious Freedom Is Much More Than The Same-Sex Marriage Question

Why Religious Freedom Is Much More Than The Same-Sex Marriage Question

Chelsea Langston The First Amendment Defense Act has the laudable aim of enabling people and organizations to be true to their belief in traditional marriage…

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Proposed Changes to Faith-Based Rules Are Positive

Proposed Changes to Faith-Based Rules Are Positive

Stanley Carlson-Thies Revisions proposed to the Equal Treatment regulations in nine federal departments retain strong protections for the religious identity of faith-based organizations that receive…

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"Every Child Deserves a Family" bill undermines its goal

“Every Child Deserves a Family” bill undermines its goal

by Stanley Carlson-Thies The bill addresses a serious problem: many foster kids and other children needing a new permanent home languish without one. But applying…

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Securing equal rights for all requires something other than the Equality Act

Securing equal rights for all requires something other than the Equality Act

Stanley Carlson-Thies The Equality Act was proposed in Congress on July 23, 2015. Its goal is to eradicate discrimination on the bases of sex, sexual…

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School Vouchers:  A North Carolina win, a Colorado defeat, maybe a Supreme Court victory?

School Vouchers: A North Carolina win, a Colorado defeat, maybe a Supreme Court victory?

Chelsea Langston In late July, 2015, the North Carolina Supreme Court upheld the state’s school voucher program. Just a month earlier, the Colorado Supreme Court…

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