November 24, 2024
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House LGBT Caucus denounces hearing on ‘License to Discriminate’ legislation

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus denounced the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s hearing today on H.R. 2802, which would give a government ‘license to discriminate’ to businesses and non-profits to discriminate against LGBT people.  The Committee is holding the hearing one-month to the day after the mass murder of 49 LGBT people…

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HRC: Anti-LGBT so-called ‘First Amendment Defense Act’ has dangerous and far-reaching consequences

Steve Lee, Editor19 mins

WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) pinpointed the dangerous consequences of the so-called First Amendment Defense Act (S. 1598, H.R. 2802), introduced by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Representative Raúl Labrador (R-ID).  Going far beyond protecting the rights established in the First Amendment, this anti-LGBT legislation would undermine the rule of law and…

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