Sentences with phrase «equality bill does»
However, I feel that the current marriage equality bill does adequately allow religious institutions to continue exercising their beliefs within their houses of worship and affiliated organizations.
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Labour overreaches itself when it refers to these provisions in the bill as an omnishambles; the government could not have done much better while trying to modify complex marriage laws, to balance equality laws and religious freedom and at the same time to reconcile irreconcilable, opposing interests.
The Senate did not vote on the proposed marriage equality bill, which was passed by the Assembly Wednesday, leaving two key issues still up in the air.
If the government goes ahead and changes the law as proposed in the equality bill, an employer will be able to do precisely the opposite - choose the woman (as a form of positive discrimination) and this would not be discriminatory!
With President Bill Clinton in his corner, Sean Patrick Maloney, who is gay, is doing everything he can to defeat Rep. Nan Hayworth, who has been supportive of some LGBT issues — including saying that she «respect [s]» the decision to pass marriage equality in New York.
«That Bill has nothing to do with equality, it's actually now not equal marriage at all.
In the meantime we will be working with legislative leaders — Democrats and Republicans — and continuing to do what we've been doing all along, and that is working with our community and our allies across New York, including those from communities of faith and organized labor, to earn the votes we need to bring the marriage equality bill to the floor of the Senate for passage.»
In a CNN interview, Ball said he did not think the bill went far enough in extending religious protections for «individuals and businesses with religious objections» to marriage equality for same - sex couples.
Though he does not seem to have been an architect of this recent coup, and Senators Espada and Monserrate are actually both supporters of marriage equality, Diaz could use his valuable fence - sitting position once again as a way to keep the bill off the floor.
The Bronx minister is banking on the fact that he's calling Duane's bluff and the marriage - equality advocate doesn't really have the votes, but is just trying to get the bill on the floor.
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.
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.
He raised $ 250,000 at a fundraiser this week, has donated undisclosed amounts of his own cash and, aides said, is privately telling lawmakers that if they don't vote for the marriage equality bill he will use his vast fortune to back their challengers.
«Today we share in the frustration and disappointment that the Senate did not pass the marriage equality bill.
Says Paterson of the marriage equality bill: «People who've lived together for 10, 20, 30 years are waiting, hoping that this legislation will pass while they still have the breath to elicit an «I do» on the altar, and I think it's time that it happens, and if I have to see legislation fail so I can identify who voted against it to better persuade them, then I'll take that chance.»
Since the State Legislature has been unsuccessful in its attempts to pass a same - sex marriage bill, the City Council is doing what little they can to get as close to marriage equality as possible under the confines of the state law, according to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
Said Smith: «I know one of your top priorities is the recognition of marriage between same - sex couples — something that I strongly support, something that I believe in and something that we will make happen together... Although we do not have the number of votes at this time needed to pass the marriage equality gender bill this legislative session, we are committed to pursuing its passage.
There's still work that needs to be done in New Jersey, but my understanding from talking to people today is that some legislators are ready to put in a marriage - equality bill immediately.
«I know one of your top priorities is the recognition of marriage between same - sex couples — something that I strongly support, something that I believe in and something that we will make happen together... Although we do not have the number of votes at this time needed to pass the marriage equality gender bill this legislative session, we are committed to pursuing its passage.
In an era of feminism and equality just where do men stand on this subject, especially when it comes to paying the bill on a first date?
South Dakota's Sen. Dan Lederman, who introduced the bill that will create equality among all breeds in the eyes of the law in his state, said, «The fact is, a dog's breed has nothing to do with how the dog behaves.
But does Bill C - 16 go far enough in undoing the Harper government's damage to equality rights in Canada?
The Bill does not advance equality for either fathers or mothers.
In this chapter the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner, Dr Bill Jonas expresses concern that the minimum standards which the Commonwealth presently applies to state - based native title regimes do not incorporate the human rights of Indigenous people as expressed through the principles of equality and effective participation (p49).