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Lambda Legal Hails Passage of Human Relations Ordinance in Sedona, Arizona

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September 8, 2015

The Sedona, Arizona, City Council amended the City Code to include a new chapter prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations, employment and housing on the basis of race, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, marital status, familial status, age, disability or veteran status.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Law and Policy Project
From Impact Magazine: Indiana Was the Tip Of The Iceberg

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August 18, 2015

More than 100 state bills so far have aimed to use religious beliefs as an excuse for discrimination. The idea is to allow businesses and public employees to mistreat LGBT people and consider married same-sex couples as unmarried.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Same-sex relationships
The Equality Act Continues the March Toward Justice for All

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July 23, 2015

Everything you need to know about the federal bill that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing, credit, education and jury service.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Housing
Lambda Legal Applauds Introduction of Federal Nondiscrimination Bill in Congress

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July 23, 2015

Today Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Rhode Island Representative David Cicilline, together with lead co-sponsors Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), introduced the Equality Act, a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing, credit, education, and jury service.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Housing, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Youth in Out-of-Home Care
What the Supreme Court Said About Religious Expression at Work

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June 3, 2015

The Supreme Court agrees with the EEOC: Nondiscrimination means religious pluralism and problem-solving, not conformity and exclusions

See Also: Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Why the Federal RFRA and Similar State Bills and Laws Threaten LGBT People and People Living with HIV

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April 23, 2015

The following presentation was provided by Jennifer C. Pizer, Lambda Legal Law & Policy Project National Director, at a briefing convened by U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott on the harms of federal and state Religious Freedom and Restoration Acts (RFRA).

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions
Indiana Proposes Limited Fix to Discriminatory Law; Lambda Legal Urges Full Protections for LGBT Hoosiers and Others

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April 2, 2015

Today, Indiana elected officials announced that they have agreed on new language to modify the recently enacted law that invites discrimination against LGBT people and others in the state.

See Also: Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, rfra, sb 101
Gov. Pence, Stop Deceiving the Nation on SB 101

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March 29, 2015

Let's clarify a few things about Indiana's deeply flawed law.

See Also: Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Indiana’s Rush to Invite Law-Breaking for Religious Reasons

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March 26, 2015

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence rushed today to sign SB 101, the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)” — so-called, though it’s not restoring religious rights; it’s expanding them.

See Also: Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Lambda Legal Slams Indiana Gov. Pence’s Rush to Sign Discriminatory Religious Exemptions Bill

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March 25, 2015

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence today signed SB101, the deeply flawed bill designed to allow private businesses, individuals and organizations to discriminate against anyone in Indiana on religious grounds.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships

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Lambda Legal Hails Passage of Human Relations Ordinance in Sedona, Arizona

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From Impact Magazine: Indiana Was the Tip Of The Iceberg

pizer_392.jpg

The Equality Act Continues the March Toward Justice for All

pizer_392.jpg

Lambda Legal Applauds Introduction of Federal Nondiscrimination Bill in Congress

equality_act-blog.jpg

What the Supreme Court Said About Religious Expression at Work

pizer_392.jpg

Why the Federal RFRA and Similar State Bills and Laws Threaten LGBT People and People Living with HIV

pizer_392.jpg

Indiana Proposes Limited Fix to Discriminatory Law; Lambda Legal Urges Full Protections for LGBT Hoosiers and Others

pizer_392.jpg

Gov. Pence, Stop Deceiving the Nation on SB 101

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Indiana’s Rush to Invite Law-Breaking for Religious Reasons

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Lambda Legal Slams Indiana Gov. Pence’s Rush to Sign Discriminatory Religious Exemptions Bill

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