A federal judge ruled Thursday that Christian foster families may intervene in same-sex couples’ challenge of a Michigan policy allowing state-funded private adoption agencies to turn away gay and lesbian prospective parents for religious reasons.
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Catholic Social Services has sued Philadelphia in federal court, claiming the City Council unconstitutionally stopped placing children in its foster homes because of the church’s opposition to gay marriage, “prioritiz(ing) political grandstanding over the needs of children.”
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Shelly Phillips works in an office at the First United Methodist Church in Laramie, Wyoming, and rarely donates to political candidates. But in December, she sent a small donation to David Ermold, who wants to be the next clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, about 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers) from where she lives.
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A Colorado baker who refused to design a wedding cake for a gay couple because of his Christian beliefs won a 7-2 reversal Monday from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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In a victory for married same-sex couples in Europe, the European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that member states where gay marriage is not recognized may not deny residency to spouses of EU citizens.
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A transgender Briton prevailed at the European Court of Justice on Tuesday in her bid to claim a retirement pension without annulling the marriage she entered into with another woman before transitioning.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered Marquette University on Friday to reinstate a political-science professor who rankled his colleagues with a blog post criticizing liberal speech policing.
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An attorney for Minnesota videographers who refuse to shoot same-sex weddings argued before an Eighth Circuit panel Tuesday that doing so would violate their religious beliefs.
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All charges were dropped Tuesday against suspended Circuit Court Judge Vance Day, who made national headlines in 2016 for his refusal to marry same-sex couples.
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A Philadelphia-based Catholic agency fought Tuesday afternoon at the Third Circuit for the right to deny same-sex couples a foster child based on its beliefs about marriage.
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A federal judge in Missouri dismissed a lawsuit brought by a lesbian couple who were turned away by a retirement home, finding that the Fair Housing Act does not protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis argued before a Sixth Circuit panel Thursday to dismiss claims brought by a pair of gay couples to whom she refused to issue marriage licenses after the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
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Thirteen gay couples filed Japan's first lawsuit challenging the country's rejection of same-sex marriage Thursday, arguing the denial violates their constitutional right to equality.
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The United Methodist Church, America's second-largest Protestant denomination, faces a likely surge in defections and acts of defiance after delegates at a crucial conference voted Tuesday to strengthen the faith's divisive bans on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBT clergy.
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Three attorneys claim in a federal lawsuit that the State Bar of Texas is using members’ mandatory dues to help undocumented immigrants seeking asylum, coercing lawyers to support its political agenda in violation of their free-speech rights.
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State legalization of same-sex marriage has significantly reduced homophobia across the United States, though federal action may have led to national polarization on attitudes toward lesbian and gay people, according to a new study released Monday.
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Philadelphia officials can choose not to contract with a Catholic foster care agency that refuses to place children with same-sex couples, the Third Circuit ruled Monday.
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The Ninth Circuit dismissed without prejudice, for lack of jurisdiction, an appeal from news agencies seeking to compel the unsealing of videotaped recordings of a trial on the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8.
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Texas state Rep. Celia Israel has introduced a bill to ban homosexual “conversion therapy” again and again in the Legislature, knowing it will be killed by a Republican majority. Though it died again this session, it was finally heard by a committee, a sign of growing clout of the new LGBTQ caucus.
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A federal judge refused to dismiss a case Wednesday involving whether a child born to a mixed-nationality lesbian couple should be granted U.S. citizenship.
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