«Rather than trying to replicate the exact jots and tittles of what Utah did, we're looking at the idea that if you try to address both concerns on the front end, you can actually get a more comprehensive set of religious liberties than if
LGBT rights moves forward on its own and you try to come in later in the game and attach religious liberties,» said LoMaglio.
Not exact matches
While I don't doubt that this is a difficult time for many
LGBT students, staff, and others who feel alienated
right now by InterVarsity, it seems obvious to me that they stand to benefit from this
move.
The decision comes after a reported disagreement over the language between Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a major opponent of the LGTB
rights movement, and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who is said to support
LGBT rights and had to sign off on the
move.
With the
move, President Donald Trump — who indicated during his campaign that he might protect
LGBT rights — has sided with social conservatives on a key issue at the center of a broader cultural battle between conservatives and liberals.
The
move, announced ahead of the governor addressing the
LGBT organization the Human
Rights Campaign, was cheered by advocates for tackling an issue that has stalled in the state Legislature.
Those backing a
move to include
LGBT protections under the 1992 Florida Civil
Rights Act have a message for legislative leadership: We'll be back.
The creation of the regulations was cited among ESPA's main accomplishments as the venerable
LGBT rights group
moved to wind down its operations this year, though it retains its political action committee.
The regulations were cited last year by the Empire State Pride Agenda when the group announced it would wind down its operations in 2016 — a
move that
LGBT rights advocates sharply criticized.
Advocates say Trump's
move hasn't changed that transgender students in New York are protected from discrimination but they note it does serve as a warning that New York has more to do to protect
LGBT rights.
This admittedly hits us
right in a sweet spot (one moment, where the Working Men's Club erupts in a spontaneous rendition of union song «Bread & Roses,» had this old leftie basically shake - crying), but the uneasy brotherhood between the miners and the
LGBT crowd is so carefully and tastefully depicted that only the hardest of hearts could fail to be
moved (and indeed, it blew the fucking roof off the Marriott on Friday night, debuting to one of the warmest receptions we've ever heard at a festival).