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Lambda Legal Condemns Passage of Anti-LGBT Mississippi Bill HB 1523

(Jackson April 5, 2016) - Lambda Legal today, after Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed HB 1523, an anti-LGBT bill that allows private businesses, individuals and medical and social services agencies to discriminate against anyone in Mississippi based on religious beliefs about marriage, premarital sexual relationships, and conformity with gender identity stereotypes, issued the following statement from Lambda Legal Senior Counsel and Director of the Law and Policy Project Jennifer C. Pizer:

Lambda Legal Applauds Unanimous Supreme Court ‘One Person, One Vote’ Voting Rights Decision

(New York, NY – April 4, 2016) This morning, the Supreme Court delivered a unanimous decision in Evenwel v. Abbott, the case challenging the well-established “one person, one vote” principle that legislative districts should be based on the total number of people who live within them.

Equality Advocates Respond to Attorney General’s Announcement on HB 2

RALEIGH – North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said today that his office “will not defend the constitutionality of the discrimination in House Bill 2,” the sweeping anti-LGBT law the North Carolina General Assembly passed and Governor Pat McCrory signed last week.

Advocacy Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging North Carolina’s Sweeping Anti-LGBT Law

RALEIGH – Today, Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina and Equality North Carolina filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s sweeping anti-LGBT law, HB 2. The case, filed in the U.S.

Lambda Legal Hails Georgia Governor's Veto of Anti-LGBT Bill HB 757

(Atlanta, March 28, 2016) - Today, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal vetoed House Bill 757, a discriminatory bill that would have invited private businesses, individuals and medical and social services agencies to discriminate against anyone in Georgia on religious grounds. Lambda Legal issued the following statement from Southern Regional Director Simone Bell:

Lambda Legal Condemns Passage of Anti-LGBT North Carolina Bill HB 2

Lambda Legal Transgender Rights Project Director M. Dru Levasseur issued the following statement:

 

Pro-Equality Groups Considering Legal Challenge to North Carolina’s Sweeping Anti-LGBT Law

RALEIGH – Today, Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina, and Equality North Carolina condemned North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signing into law a sweeping anti-LGBT measure, HB 2, and announced that the organizations are exploring legal challenges to the discriminatory law. 

Lambda Legal asks Court of Appeals to Intervene in Puerto Rico Marriage Case

Today, Lambda Legal filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit asking the court to make clear that last summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which granted same-sex couples the right to marry, applies to Puerto Rico and to order the district court to enter judgment in favor of the plaintiffs.

Lambda Legal Statement on the Nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court

"All Americans, and not just a select few, need justices who will uphold the Constitution and ensure that its guiding principles are applied equally to protect everyone in our nation."

(Washington, D.C) —In response to President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland, Chief Judge of the D.C. Circuit, to the U.S. Supreme Court today, Lambda Legal's Legal Director and Eden/Rushing Chair, Jon W. Davidson made the following statement:

Lambda Legal Urges Georgia Governor to Veto Discrimination Bill HB 757

(Atlanta March 16, 2016) - Today, a newly amended but still deeply discriminatory bill, HB 757,  passed the Georgia Legislature and is headed to the governor. Lambda Legal issued the following statement from Southern Regional Director Simone Bell:

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