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What Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Executive Order Does – and Doesn’t Do – and Why You Should Still Be Worried

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May 5, 2017

With yesteday’s Executive Order, Donald Trump handed out razors to every anti-LGBTQ zealot that he has put in place in his administration.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Resistance
An Oregon Judge Refused to Marry Same-Sex Couples. We're Fighting Back.

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May 2, 2017

Judge Day directed court staff to use the court record system to investigate whether couples wishing to marry were of the same sex and, if so, to represent that he was unavailable, rather than unwilling, to marry them.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships
Today We Were in Court at the 5th Circuit Fighting Mississippi's Anti-LGBT Law

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April 3, 2017

See Also: Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Stand Up to Defeat DOMA!
Meet The People Fighting Mississippi's Hateful Anti-LGBT HB 1523

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April 3, 2017

Meet our plaintiffs in Barber v. Bryant, Lambda Legal's case with co-counsel against Mississippi's hateful HB 1523.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal Celebrates Victory in Flower Shop Discrimination Case

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February 16, 2017

In a unanimous ruling, the Court confirmed a simple principle: No business has the right to discriminate against LGBT people for any reason.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal Files Federal Lawsuit Against NJ Catholic Hospital that Denied Care to Transgender Man

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January 5, 2017

Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit against St. Joseph's Healthcare in NJ after the hospital refused to allow a transgender man's surgeon to perform a routine hysterectomy.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Religious Exemptions, Transgender Rights
Mississippi’s Anti-LGBT Law Reaches Fifth Circuit: Lambda Legal Joins Legal Advocates Filing Opening Briefs

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December 16, 2016

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal Represents Lesbian Couple in Wedding Cake Discrimination Case

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September 6, 2016

Lambda Legal has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Oregon Court of Appeals in a case of an Oregon bakery that refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple.

See Also: Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Ensure Public Funds Aren’t Used to Discriminate

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July 5, 2016

Today, Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning whether Missouri can enforce a provision of its state constitution that excludes churches from receiving government grants.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal Calls for Mississippi HB 1523 Records to Watchdog Against Discrimination

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June 30, 2016

Today Lambda Legal announced that as part of its watchdog efforts as HB 1523 — Mississippi’s anti-LGBT law — takes effect tomorrow, it has sent demands to a dozen Mississippi government agencies and officials for records relating to the law and its impact.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions

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What Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Executive Order Does – and Doesn’t Do – and Why You Should Still Be Worried

rl_eo_copy.jpg

An Oregon Judge Refused to Marry Same-Sex Couples. We're Fighting Back.

istock-504187020_1.jpg

Today We Were in Court at the 5th Circuit Fighting Mississippi's Anti-LGBT Law

1200x630_barber_1.png

Meet The People Fighting Mississippi's Hateful Anti-LGBT HB 1523

brandiilyne.jpg

Lambda Legal Celebrates Victory in Flower Shop Discrimination Case

flowers-blog.jpg

Lambda Legal Files Federal Lawsuit Against NJ Catholic Hospital that Denied Care to Transgender Man

Jionni Conforti

Mississippi’s Anti-LGBT Law Reaches Fifth Circuit: Lambda Legal Joins Legal Advocates Filing Opening Briefs

gavel_rainbow_istock-481086498.jpg

Lambda Legal Represents Lesbian Couple in Wedding Cake Discrimination Case

fb_img_1467440850934.jpg

Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Ensure Public Funds Aren’t Used to Discriminate

supreme_court_scotus.jpg

Lambda Legal Calls for Mississippi HB 1523 Records to Watchdog Against Discrimination

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