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Absentee Voting begins in South Carolina Let’s Elect Pro-Equality Candidates in November. Your Vote. Your Voice.
South Carolina voters can begin casting in-person absentee ballots for the Nov. 6 general election now. The state doesn't allow no-excuses early voting. But someone who is working, will be out of town, is sixty-five years or older, or is physically unable to go to [...]
SC voter registration deadline extended 10 days after Florence flooding to October 17th
South Carolina voters will have an extra 10 days to register to vote after a judge agreed to an extension in the wake of massive flooding from Hurricane Florence. This is believed to be the first time South Carolina has ever extended state voter registration [...]
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 seeking to adopt and foster children. The case, Dumont v. Lyon, [...]
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 measures, included in a state budge provision as well as [...]
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 to the Aderholt Amendment to the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill. [...]
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 assembling legal teams to file a discrimination lawsuit against the [...]
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 of any flag other than the United States flag over [...]
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 and Health and Human Services appropriations bill today. The bill [...]