Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Blocks Judicial Nominee Who Supports Trans Rights
Also, she said, his campaign for a district attorney position had assistance from George Soros, the far right's public enemy number one.
April 7, 2023
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Also, she said, his campaign for a district attorney position had assistance from George Soros, the far right's public enemy number one.
Activists, celebrities, and more are denouncing the new "religious freedom" law.
The civil rights attorney took on Mississippi three times and won three times, though this decision came down to the wire.
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act allows businesses to refuse service to LGBT people on religious grounds.
The court won't hear challenges to Mississippi's "license to discriminate" law, but advocates expect to bring new ones.
Anti-LGBT legislation, which a court just ruled can go into effect, will make life even harder for queer people in Mississippi.
An appeals court lifted an injunction against the draconian "license to discriminate" law.
This one specifically challenges the provision allowing public employees to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
“These are human beings whether you believe in what they believe in,” said one councilmember.
The state's "religious freedom" legislation will go into effect Friday -- unless the high court steps in.
A new state law that permits people to deny wedding services to same-sex couples based on religious objection will go into effect July 1.
Mississippi’s House Bill 1523 violates the promise of equal protection outlined in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, says the same-sex couple who filed a suit to stop the law’s implementation.
The first lady delivered an impassioned commencement speech at Jackson State University, blasting Mississippi's new anti-LGBT "religious freedom" law and telling grads to defend gay and trans rights.
The crowd favorite says he "cannot in good conscience perform in a state where certain people are being denied rights due to their sexual orientation."
“What we all deserve to have in common is the right to be treated equally,” the out Good Morning America anchor says.
The new law will allow businesses, individuals, and broadly defined "religiously affiliated organizations" to refuse service to LGBT people, and effectively denounces transgender people's identities.
The governor said the law was necessary because the president "encourages transgenderism."
These states stand to lose billions of dollars in revenue each year.
The out MSNBC anchor broke the news that two federal agencies are reviewing whether Mississippi's anti-LGBT law will cost the state federal funding.
The talk show host devoted her opening monologue to discussing Mississippi's anti-LGBT "religious liberty" law.
Bernie Sanders believes that people should be judged on the content of their character, "not on the color of their skin — or their gender or their sexual orientation," he said Friday.