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Indiana House Passes Religious Discrimination Bill, SB 101: Lambda Legal Issues Alert to LGBT Community

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March 23, 2015

Today, the Indiana House of Representatives, with a vote of 63-31, passed a 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
After Indiana Committee Passes SB 101, Lambda Legal Urges Full House to Vote ‘No’ on Religious Discrimination Bill

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March 16, 2015

Today, the Indiana House Judiciary Committee, with a vote of 9-4, passed a 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
Indiana Senate Passes SB 101, Lambda Legal Urges House to Vote ‘No’ on Religious Discrimination Bill

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February 24, 2015

Today, the Indiana Senate, with a vote of 40-10, passed a 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
Ask Lambda Legal – Discrimination As Religion

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February 10, 2015

Q: I was reading about a bakery that didn’t want to make a wedding cake for a gay couple because it goes against the baker’s religion. Can’t the couple just go somewhere else?

See Also: Ask Lambda Legal, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Law and Policy Project
Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee, Reject Senate Bill 568 for What It Is; a License to Discriminate

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February 9, 2015

Today, the Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee will consider a bill designed to allow private businesses, individuals and organizations to discriminate against anyone in Indiana on religious grounds.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Legislation and Amendments, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments
What the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Decision Means for LGBT People

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July 8, 2014

Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court upheld the right of individuals to access birth control despite the opposition of some religious sects. Since then, mainstream attitudes have changed. But fundamentalist religious views about reproductive health and sexuality still influence our politics and law.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Hobby Lobby, Religious Exemptions, SCOTUS, U.S. Supreme Court
What to Watch for When the Supreme Court Decides the Hobby Lobby Case

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June 18, 2014

In its Citizens United ruling that corporations have free speech rights that can trump campaign finance laws, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially agreed with the worldview Mitt Romney espoused on the campaign trail: “Corporations are people, my friend.” We may soon feel further reverberations of that worldview.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health
After Arizona’s SB 1062, the Supreme Court Sees a Sequel

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March 25, 2014

This morning, March 25, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments in two cases brought by for-profit corporations demanding special exemptions from the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that large employers provide comprehensive health insurance for their workers.

See Also: Affordable Care Act, Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, U.S. Supreme Court
Lambda Legal Applauds Arizona Governor's Veto of Antigay Bill

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February 26, 2014

Everyone in Arizona deserves respect and inclusion, including same-sex couples and their families, and people of all faiths and backgrounds.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Discrimination, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
ArizoNO: Saying NO to Misuse of Religion to Discriminate

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February 26, 2014

Let’s be clear, the Arizona bill lifts the lid off a Pandora’s Box of religiously motivated discrimination.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination

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Indiana House Passes Religious Discrimination Bill, SB 101: Lambda Legal Issues Alert to LGBT Community

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After Indiana Committee Passes SB 101, Lambda Legal Urges Full House to Vote ‘No’ on Religious Discrimination Bill

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Indiana Senate Passes SB 101, Lambda Legal Urges House to Vote ‘No’ on Religious Discrimination Bill

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Ask Lambda Legal – Discrimination As Religion

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Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee, Reject Senate Bill 568 for What It Is; a License to Discriminate

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What the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Decision Means for LGBT People

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What to Watch for When the Supreme Court Decides the Hobby Lobby Case

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After Arizona’s SB 1062, the Supreme Court Sees a Sequel

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Lambda Legal Applauds Arizona Governor's Veto of Antigay Bill

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ArizoNO: Saying NO to Misuse of Religion to Discriminate

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