Religious Exemptions

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The First Circuit Court of Hawai‘i yesterday issued a ruling in favor of a lesbian couple who filed a discrimination lawsuit against Aloha Bed & Breakfast after the business turned them away because of their sexual orientation.

Anti-LGBT Rulings, LAWS AND AMENDMENTS, Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships, Cervelli v. Aloha Bed & Breakfast

Hawai‘i Court Rules for Lesbian Couple Turned Away by Bed & Breakfast

(Honolulu, HI, April 15, 2013) – The First Circuit Court of Hawai‘i today issued a ruling in favor of a lesbian couple who filed a discrimination lawsuit against Aloha Bed & Breakfast after the business turned them away because of their sexual orientation. Lambda Legal and the Executive Director of the Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission issued a joint statement:

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Jennifer C. Pizer, Chief Legal Officer

With nine states and the District of Columbia now respecting same-sex couples’ freedom to marry, and voters in four states having rejected antigay bias in state ballot questions concerning marriage last November, it is clear change is happening.

Marriage, Of Counsel, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Same-sex relationships
Jennifer C. Pizer, Chief Legal Officer

Q: I live in Illinois and have been eagerly waiting to see if we become the next state to win marriage. I was reading about an issue with religious exemptions. Can you tell me what that means?

Ask Lambda Legal, Darby v. Orr, Marriage, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Same-sex relationships, Darby v. Orr

Court Rejects Attempt by Anti-Gay Groups to Join Lambda Legal Case Seeking Freedom to Marry in Illinois

(Chicago, IL, November 30, 2012) -- Today the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division denied motions to intervene by the Church of Christian Liberty, Grace Gospel Fellowship and the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) in Darby v. Orr, Lambda Legal's case seeking the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in Illinois.



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Lambda Legal

The Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division, denied motions by the Church of Christian Liberty, Grace Gospel Fellowship and the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) to intervene in Lambda Legal's lawsuit seeking the freedom to marry for same-sex couples.

Darby v. Orr, Marriage, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships, Darby v. Orr

Illinois Court Hears Arguments in Churches' Effort to Join Lambda Legal Marriage Case

(Chicago, IL, November 7, 2012) - Today the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division heard oral arguments in a motion to intervene by the Church of Christian Liberty and Grace Gospel Fellowship in Darby v. Orr, Lambda Legal's case seeking the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in Illinois. "This case has no impact on a church's right to exercise its religious liberty," said Camilla Taylor, Marriage Project Director for Lambda Legal.

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Lambda Legal

Lambda Legal is opposing a motion by two churches to intervene in our lawsuit seeking the freedom to marry for same-sex couples.

Marriage, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships, Darby v. Orr

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