Judge rules against faith-based agency in landmark case over LGBT rights and religious liberty
SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge Friday in Michigan allowed a lawsuit to move forward that experts say impacts faith-based charities across the country that provide adoption services as well as LGBT couples [...]
LGBTQ advocates may sue South Carolina over anti-gay foster parent prohibition
COLUMBIA, S.C. — LGBTQ advocates in South Carolina say they are considering suing the state after it passed new measures allowing foster agencies to discriminate against LGBT residents, according to Charleston’s Post and Courier. Thew new [...]
SC Equality signs letter to House and Senate appropriators to voice strong opposition to the Aderholt Amendment to the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill. GallerySC Equality signs letter to House and Senate appropriators to voice strong opposition to the Aderholt Amendment to the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill.
SC Equality signs letter to House and Senate appropriators to voice strong opposition to the Aderholt Amendment to the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill.
Letter: Faith, Child Welfare, Civil Rights Leaders United in Opposition to Federal Adoption Discrimination WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, 211 religious, child welfare, civil rights, and other organizations wrote House and Senate appropriators to voice strong opposition [...]
Proviso in SC budget changes adoptions for prospective parents
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Legislation recently, and quietly, passed in South Carolina allows adoption agencies to reject prospective parents based on religious or moral beliefs. LGBTQ and equality groups confirmed to NBC Charlotte they are [...]
Republicans in Congress want to ban embassies from flying the rainbow flag
House Republicans led by Representative Jeff Duncan (R-SC) have introduced a new bill to ban embassies from flying the rainbow flag. A bill introduced in the House Foreign Affairs Committee would “prohibit the flying [...]
The U.S. House appropriations committee added the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act
The House appropriations committee added the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, which would allow discrimination in foster care and adoption services based on sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, marital status and more, to the Labor [...]