Missouri Judge Blocks GOP Attorney General’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
She issued a temporary injunction that lasts until after she’s had an opportunity to hear some arguments in the case.
May 1, 2023
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She issued a temporary injunction that lasts until after she’s had an opportunity to hear some arguments in the case.
The plaintiffs had sought to replace Steven Ohmer, and he agreed to step aside..
The Missouri Department of Social Services improperly denied a woman's application to become a foster parent because she is a lesbian, a judge ruled on Friday.
The restrictions were set to go into effect on Thursday.
Judge Joseph Whyte wrote that Missouri consumer protections do not require “blind obedience to the attorney general’s civil investigative demands."
The judges ruled the gay man had no case because there's no law in Missouri to protect people from discrimination for being gay.Â
Families, health care providers, and LGBTQ+ groups had sued to block the bans, but they'll be enforced while the lawsuits proceed.
In addition to issuing his executive order, Gov. Jay Nixon called on the legislature to pass a nondiscrimination bill to protect LGBT residents.
Legislators gave final approval to the ban Wednesday, and Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to sign it into law.
The conservative Supreme Court justice thought jurors who were dismissed for their antigay religious beliefs were treated unfairly.
The owners of a wedding venue say same-sex marriages violate their religious beliefs and their 'conscious.'
Gay couples had to struggle mightily to win the right to marry or form civil unions. Now some are finding that breaking up is hard to do too.
Klobuchar is getting criticized particularly for a vote to confirm David Ryan Stras, who has objected to the Supreme Court ruling striking down antisodomy laws.