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Indiana Catholic School OK to Fire Staffer in Same-Sex Marriage: Appeals Court

Roncalli High School in Indianapolis was within its rights to fire Shelly Fitzgerald because her marriage goes against Catholic doctrine, a federal appellate court rules.

Antigay Adoption Agency Sues Michigan So It Can Reject LGBTQ Parents

St. Vincent Catholic Charities says it can refuse to place children in LGBTQ homes despite taking state funds.

Op-ed: Guess What — We're the Oppressors

How the fight for civil liberties was flipped on its head by the religious right.

Court Rules Against Antigay License to Discriminate in Foster Care

The city of Philadelphia was within its rights to end a contract with a foster care agency that won't place children with LGBTQ people, the court ruled.

Second Student Expelled for Same-Sex Marriage Sues Seminary

Another student says Fuller Theological Seminary violated federal law by expelling him over his marriage.

Texas Atty General Fighting to Allow Bias Against LGBTQ Parents

Ken Paxton and a Texas Catholic archdiocese want foster and adoption agencies to be able to turn away LGBTQ people and still receive federal funds.

Judge Blocks Michigan's Pro-LGBTQ Adoption Nondiscrimination Policy

The federal judge contends an adoption agency that won't serve LGBTQ parents doesn't really discriminate because it sends them elsewhere.

University Asks Supreme Court to Let It Block LGBTQ+ Club

(CNN) Yeshiva University's demand comes after the court ruled in favor of religious conservatives in two cases last term.

Meet Roger Severino, the Trump Bigot Working to Erase Trans People

Severino -- the mastermind of the so-called trans "memo" -- has opposed marriage equality, defended conversion therapy, and vilified transgender soldiers.

Ken Paxton Sues to Let Doctors Turn Away Trans People

The Texas attorney general's latest anti-Obama lawsuit claims that trans-affirming health care violates the religious freedom of doctors.

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Appeals court sides with Catholic school that fired gay teacher for plans to marry his partner

Billard married his partnerin May 2015 and says he loved every minute of his teaching career even though it ended abruptly.

Yeshiva University Can Refuse to Recognize LGBTQ+ Club: Sotomayor

(CNN) The SCOTUS ruling temporarily allows the school to refuse to recognize an LGBTQ+ club that it says is out of line with its religious teachings.

What the Supreme Court Ruling on Foster Care Means for LGBTQ+ Parents

LGBTQ+ advocates are relieved the court didn't establish a broad right to discriminate, but some call the decision troubling.

Some SCOTUS Justices Seem to Support 'Freedom' to Discriminate

In hearing an LGBTQ+ rights case, conservative justices appeared to embrace religious exemptions from antidiscrimination law. 

SCOTUS Declines to Block Order Forcing University to Allow LGBTQ+ Club

The court's order is a rare loss, for now, for supporters of religious liberty at the Supreme Court. 

HRC: SCOTUS Front-Runner Amy Coney Barrett Threatens LGBTQ+ Rights

Barrett has taken issue with the high court's marriage equality decision and questioned whether sex discrimination law applies to trans people.

Should LGBT People Trust Betsy DeVos?

The nominee for secretary of Education said, "I fully embrace equality." Yet LGBT organizations have sounded the alarms about her antigay past and the unclear position of her present-day views.

Liberals, Conservatives Alike Praise High Court's Religious Accommodations Ruling

The court set a new standard for consideration of religious accommodations in the workplace but did not rule on the merits in the case of a man who refused to work Sundays because of his Christian beliefs.

What Happens When a Queer Spy Infiltrates the Right Wing

It’s not all antigay fire and brimstone among the regular folks who make up the religious right — but even the tolerant can’t seem to detach from 'love the sinner, hate the sin.'