Sentences with phrase «equality act»

Last year we proposed a ten - point women's equality act agenda.

«If a marriage equality act is passed by the State Legislature, not only will Dan protect everyone's right to marriage, but he will also prosecute any person (s) that tries to impede or infringe upon those rights.»

Cuomo, in exchange for an endorsement from the left leaning Working Families Party, promised to help reunite the two Democratic factions in order to achieve passage of several progressive issues, including public campaign financing, a women's equality act with an abortion rights provision, and a measure to give college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, known as the Dream Act.

Significant moments: Rebelled against the party whip to vote against equalising the age of consent and against the sexual equality act.

The government inherited Labour's 2010 Equalities Act which during his premiership has led to high - profile cases which are widely seen as undermining faith.

Afterward, the speaker did not rule out returning to act on the nine other bills that make up the women's equality act separately at some point in the future, but said it would not occur on the session's last officially scheduled day.

The day long maneuvering resulted in the unusual action of one of the co-leaders of the Senate offering a hostile amendment to try to force a vote on a section of the women's equality act dealing with abortion rights.

The New York State Catholic Conference, which opposes the abortion rights provision, responded to the relaunched women's equality act coalition.

Last year the women's equality act failed to become law over a dispute over one of its ten provisions, known as the Reproductive Health Act.

Lawmakers make over economic proposal, shelve equality act BY KATHY KAHN For The Rockland Times Albany's Legislature broke for the summer on June 20, leaving Gov. Andrew Cuomo's ambitious business attraction program bruised but not battered and putting a gambling referendum on the state's November ballot.

Even if this does not happen, it is to be hoped that a single equality Act, which is likely to be one of the options canvassed in the green paper, will be able to iron out the anomalies that have already arisen between the treatment of the three older discrimination strands in this context.

In recent years I have voted to expand the rights of same sex couples by voting for: The follow up legislation that amended the estates, powers and trusts law to reflect the provisions of the marriage equality act.

He previously rebelled against the party whip to vote against equalising the age of consent and the sexual equality act.

In the UK according to the equality act 2010 the term «religion» refers to any religion or absence of religion.

The Government's guidance on the Equalities Act should define negative representation of men's / fathers» caretaking in the workplace as sex discrimination.

We also call for a change in the implementation of the Equalities Act to tackle inequalities at work experienced by fathers.

The Equalities Act 2010 in the UK creates a clear protection for breastfeeding women, in that service providers (including all public services, as well as restaurants and cafés) can not refuse to provide an equal service to a breastfeeding woman, and this applies no matter what the age of the child.

There are no equivalent statutory arrangements for pupils or students from other countries in the UK or elsewhere, and local authorities and institutions are able to negotiate the recovery of costs as they consider appropriate, taking account of other relevant legislation (eg the Equalities Act).

No to weakening the protections in the Equalities Act.

The document warns that the segregation must not discriminate against any students or it could be illegal under the Equalities Act but confirms that segregation itself would be acceptable as long as conditions for both men and women were identical.

Take the Equalities Act.

There's three days left in the legislative session, and chances are dimming for a settlement on an abortion rights provision in a women's equality act, and for reform of campaign financing and other anti-corruption measures.

During his fifteen minutes on the podium, Paterson spoke cheerfully of his adventures fighting for gay marriage in Albany: «We thought it was very important to pass a marriage - equality act in the Assembly,» he said, «so I left my role as acting president of the Senate because there was nothing going on over there that was interesting.»

Women's groups rallied outside the New York state Senate chamber, demanding a vote on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 10 - point women's equality act — that includes an abortion rights provision.

My fear is that the first Anglican church, synagogue or mosque that says, «It offends our principles and the basic tenets of our religion's faith», will be countered by the zealots of Stonewall moving in, saying, «We're going to sue under the Equalities Act and the Human Rights Act».

As the legislative session draws to a close, Senate Democrats are making an all - out push for their top priorities, including the full ten point women's equality act, the DREAM Act, and a statewide public campaign finance system.

But now the governor, it would seem, is leaning left, pursuing a mix of progressive goals ranging from the public financing of political campaigns, a tough campaign disclosure law, raising the state's minimum wage to $ 8.75, a sweeping assault weapons ban that would be the toughest in the country and a women's» rights and equality act that advocates have fought for for decades.

«Back in 2010 during the passage of the Equalities Act, Tim Farron was against giving the same obligations to political organisations not to discriminate as everyone else, he wanted religious exemptions from the Equality Act.

«The women's equality act would simply codify the over 40 year old Roe v. Wade decision into State law, and to say that it would do anything else is a lie.

Catholic Care tried to have itself exempted from the provisions of the Equalities Act, which outlaws discrimination in the provision of goods and services.

It points out the Equalities Act allows religious organisations to discriminate in various ways: against potential applicants for jobs on grounds of religion or belief, for example.

Senator Robach says the other parts of the women's equality act, like pay equity and anti sexual harassment measures, stand a better chance of passage if the abortion rights section is taken out.

But even progressive goals dear to Cuomo's heart ---- such as his women's equality act and campaign finance reform ---- failed to gain traction in the Senate in the session's final weeks.

Cuomo also focused on changes to better prepare for future superstorms and to approve a new women's equality act.

After all, the Equalities Act and the Human Rights Act are primary legislation.

They include working to shift control of the State Senate from Republicans to Democrats who support the women's equality act, among other things.

Funke contends that one part of the equality act would actually expand late - term abortions, and he says he could support other parts of the legislation, which would give a boost to laws against sexual harassment, domestic violence and salary discrimination.

Debbonaire asked him what he thought was good about the last Labour government, and says that after some thought he came up with the Human Rights Act and the Equalities Act.

Women's groups, as well as Democratic women in the Assembly, said they did not want to split the equality act up, and would prefer to see all of the provisions go down if the abortion bill was not included.

Senate Republicans did approve Cuomo's other nine provisions in the women's equality act, including anti-sexual harassment measures, stiffer penalties for human trafficking, and pay equity for women.

But the state Assembly went ahead and approved a previous version of the women's equality act that includes the abortion provision, plus the nine other measures, in one single bill.

Most of the same groups who lobbied in the last legislative session for the women's equality act have joined the effort again for 2014, with one major exception.

Governor Cuomo made the women's equality act a top priority in 2013.

Cuomo agreed to separate the provision out from a 10 point women's equality act, in order to make it easier for a vote in the Senate, where Republicans oppose it.

The Senate, led by Republicans and a handful of breakaway Democrats, passed nine of the tenets of the women's equality act, but did not have enough votes for the abortion rights provision.