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ICE Raids Against Asylum Seekers Are Reprehensible

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January 22, 2016

Instead of raids, Homeland Security should take steps to protect vulnerable people seeking refuge against terrible violence and should respond to them as refugees.
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 Discriminatory Bathroom Bill Introduced in Illinois

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January 20, 2016

It is an embarrassment that a bill targeting transgender students was introduced in a state like Illinois, a state that has been at the forefront of equality for LGBT people.
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
Victory! Lambda Legal Resolves Lawsuit on Behalf of American Military Partner Association for VA Benefits for Same-Sex Spouses

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January 20, 2016

Today, Lambda Legal and the American Military Partner Association (AMPA) announced that they are concluding litigation against the US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) following the VA’s changes to its policies on benefits ending discrimination against veterans and their same-sex spouses.

See Also: Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Sues Boulder County Property Owner for Denying Housing to LGBT Family

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January 14, 2016

Lambda Legal filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against a Boulder County property owner who violated the federal Fair Housing Act and the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act by refusing to rent a housing unit she owns in Gold Hill, Colorado, to a same-sex couple, one of whom is transgender, and their children because she worried their “uniqueness” would jeopardize her standing in the community.

See Also: Family, Housing
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