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Lambda Legal Sues North Carolina Hospital That Denied Health Coverage to Employee’s Same-Sex Spouse

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February 11, 2016

Lambda Legal filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Asheville Division, seeking compensation for Sandra Lively, a registered nurse at North Carolina hospital Park Ridge Health, for the thousands of dollars of expenses she incurred when the hospital refused to allow her to enroll her same-sex spouse in the employee health plan.

See Also: Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions
IN Senate: No Action on SB 344; Lambda Legal Says LGBT Hoosiers Still Need Protection

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February 2, 2016

The Indiana Senate will not debate or vote on Senate Bill 344, a deeply flawed piece of legislation that would have effectively hurt LGBT Hoosiers.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Indiana, Religious Exemptions, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, rfra
Lambda Legal Calls for "All Hands on Deck” as Indiana SB 344 Advances

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January 27, 2016

Tonight the Indiana Senate Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee advanced Senate Bill 344; it will now go to the Senate floor for a vote. Lambda Legal is calling on Indiana. LGBT people, allies, business leaders, athletes and advocates to re-engage in the fight against SB344, a bill that will damage LGBT Hoosiers.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, rfra
3-Alarm Emergency in Indiana

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January 26, 2016

Members of the Indiana Senate Judiciary and Rules committees are set to hear on Wednesday three bills that are harmful to LGBT Hoosiers — and we need your help to stop these bills from advancing.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Religious Freedom and Restoration Act, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, rfra
Lambda Legal to Indiana Legislators: Reject these Bills!

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January 25, 2016

Lambda Legal today called for the Indiana Senate Judiciary and Rules Committees to vote down SB 100, SB 344 and SB 66, three bills which would enshrine discrimination and deliver a devastating blow to LGBT Hoosiers.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, rfra
Six Key Problems With Every LGBT-Related Bill Proposed by Indiana Legislators So Far

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January 22, 2016

These bills would hurt LGBT people, not help them. They are non-starters for us.

See Also: Religious Exemptions, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, rfra
Lambda Legal Condemns Georgia Religious Discrimination Bill

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January 20, 2016

We are extremely disappointed that Georgia’s antigay lawmakers are once again trying to allow religious discrimination in many areas of life for Georgia’s families, workers and others.

See Also: Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Lambda Legal Reacts to Indiana Gov. Pence’s State of the State Address

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January 12, 2016

Nothing in the Indiana Constitution prevents the state legislature from protecting LGBT Hoosiers from the real harms caused by discrimination. As a matter of fact, the Constitution stands with LGBT Hoosiers who seek to live their lives without fear of discrimination.

See Also: Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Religious Exemptions 2015: Love, Honor, Cherish in the Year of Nooooo!

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December 30, 2015

It is essential that we launch 2016 remaining staunch against efforts to create religious carve-outs, to expand beyond all recognition what religious freedom really means, and to turn civil rights laws perversely into tools for discrimination.

See Also: Law and Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Religiously Motivated Discrimination
Six Key Problems with Indiana Senate Bill 100

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December 9, 2015

When introduced in November 2015, Indiana Senate Bill 100 was presented as a bill to add sexual orientation and gender identity protections to Indiana law, which lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Hoosiers urgently need. Unfortunately, the bill that was introduced provides little meaningful protection from discrimination for transgender people and includes damaging carve-outs and exemptions targeting all LGBT people in Indiana. While broadly problematic, there are six key problems with SB100:

See Also: Indiana, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, rfra, SB100