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McMaster signs state budget with language that allows “faith-based” adoption agencies to turn away same-sex couples.
Last week, Governor Henry McMaster signed into law H. 4950, a 500 page budget bill that sneakily included a small paragraph (Paragraph 38.29) with discriminatory language that would allow state funded "faith-based" adoption agencies to turn away qualified South Carolinians seeking to care for [...]
The Supreme Court’s decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop on Monday did little to put to rest the debate over religious exemptions from laws against discrimination. GalleryThe Supreme Court’s decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop on Monday did little to put to rest the debate over religious exemptions from laws against discrimination.
The Supreme Court’s decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop on Monday did little to put to rest the debate over religious exemptions from laws against discrimination.
In Monday’s Supreme Court decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, baker Jack Phillips won absolution from legal liability for refusing to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple. On the surface, the 7-2 decision, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, appears [...]
NO DECISION FROM SCOTUS ON MASTERPIECE CAKESHOP CASE YESTERDAY. NEXT POSSIBLE DECISION DAY IS MONDAY, JUNE 4TH.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States issued rulings on several cases. However, a ruling on the Masterpiece Cajeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission was not one of the rulings announced. The LGBT community is watching carefully for how the nations highest court [...]
Court rules federal civil rights law protects transgender people
A federal court ruled against a Virginia school district on Tuesday, holding that federal law protects a transgender student who sought to use the boys' bathroom at his school. The ruling is a victory for Gavin Grimm -- a transgender male -- who began his legal [...]
SC Equality PAC Announces Endorsement of James Smith for South Carolina Governor
The state's largest LGBTQ rights organization, SC Equality, announced during a press conference on Thursday that its political arm, SC Equality PAC, has endorsed James Smith for Governor. A long-time champion for LGBTQ equality in the SC House of Representatives, James Smith has been [...]
Same-sex marriage would be ‘parody marriage’ under new South Carolina bill
February 20, 2018 By Caitlin Byrd Post and Courier In a challenge to the Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, a group of conservative South Carolina lawmakers filed a bill to recognize marriage as solely between one man and one woman. Any other union would be [...]
New South Carolina Bill Dubs Same-Sex Unions ‘Parody Marriages’
February 21, 2018 BY ARIEL SOBEL ADVOCATE A new bill filed in South Carolina is challenging the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marraige. The bill, called the "Marriage and Constitution Restoration Act," seeks to make marriage only between men and women, and [...]
Hate groups on rise in South Carolina, report finds, fueled partly by Trump rhetoric
February 21, 2018 By Caitlin Byrd Post and Courier South Carolina saw its number of hate groups rise for the second year in a row, mirroring a national trend fueled by growing divides in the U.S. and rhetoric coming out of the Trump White House, [...]