Sentences with phrase «laws against sex»

At 1:30 p.m., Sen. David Carlucci, Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, Clarkstown Supervisor Alex Gromack, and Clarkstown residents are hosting a press conference to call for stricter laws against sex offenders, Nella Di Nuovo Daycare, 66 Lenox Ave., Congers.

During recent decades, the federal laws against sex discrimination have made it easier for women to enter the workplace.

Craigslist has closed its dating ads section in the US in response to a new law against sex trafficking.

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«Simply put, it is against many California laws for a business to discriminate against patrons based on their sex or other personal characteristics, such as race or sexual orientation which should surprise no one,» Rava writes in the suit.

Business leaders on Thursday spoke out against a controversial law passed in Indiana Thursday that could give businesses the green light to deny service to same - sex couples.

It is the policy of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to provide equal opportunity in employment throughout the corporation for all qualified applicants and employees without discrimination against any person because of a person's race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex / gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breast feeding), national origin, ancestry, gender identity, gender expression, legally - protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, age, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Look at the suit recently brought by a George Washington University law professor against the Catholic University of America for, of all things, choosing to go back to single - sex dorms.

She «reports» against the new US state laws which attempt to protect those who believe the sexes are biologically determined.

A US Christian couple who own a video production company have filed an appeal against a law that has forced them to create films for same - sex weddings.

Historically, California's higher - education law, which includes requirements against discrimination based on sexual orientation, sex, and gender identity, has had an exemption allowing a religious college to follow policies based on its religious tenets.

On Christian ethical grounds, I would recommend that all laws making criminal offenses of acts between consenting homosexual adults be repealed and that there be no blanket job discrimination against homosexual persons of either sex; further, I contend that exclusion of homosexual persons from churches (unless they are pushed out for a reason that would apply to heterosexuals in identical fashion) is untenable.

Laws against same sex marriage discriminate, and with that create real victims, without preventing any harm.

But even if I didn't, even if I believed same - sex marriage was a sin, I could never, in good conscience, throw my support behind a law that would put my gay and lesbian neighbors behind bars for being gay or allow businesses free range to discriminate against them because of their orientation.

God has never spoken against sex between consenting adults when property rights rights were not violated (old covenant) or when the law of love is not violated (new covenant).

But while, for example, Hittite (not Babylonian) law also places this kind of debased sex act under sentence of death (vs. 19), in the context of Israelite apodictic law the prohibition must be understood as being rooted in the same essential theological perspective as the immediately preceding and following prohibitions against sorcery and idolatrous sacrifice.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER The Windsor Court Hotel is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against associates or job applicants on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, handicap, veteran status, or any other condition protected by applicable state or federal laws, except where a bona fide occupational qualification applies.

The Waldorf School of Atlanta does not discriminate against candidates for admission or employment on the basis of age, race, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or disability status as well as other classifications protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Some teens have been prosecuted under the current law and now have sanctions against them as they are considered sex offenders.

BTW, something like 90 percent of professional law enforcement in NYS is against it, and 50 out of the 62 some odd counties with their respective sheriffs came out, and opposed it... The only people that this benefits are the elitist, that live in gated communities, criminals, thugs, and sex offenders that like a disarmed public... Ohh, and maybe some welfare moms, that don't want their precious litter getting shot when the break into someones home..

«As a law enforcement agency, the safety of people engaged in sex work is paramount to the police and tackling violence against women and girls is also a priority for the Met Police.

Still, Long became tripped up a bit on the same - sex marriage issue in the NY1 / YNN debate this month, saying that as a U.S. senator she wouldn't advocate against repeal of the New York law at all, allowing for Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos to score a point in the forum.

Frank Sobrino, the governor's deputy director of communications for New York City, responded in an email that «under existing state law, it is already unlawful for any person to refuse to buy from, sell, or trade with or otherwise discriminate against any person because of race, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, and disability among other classifications.»

The ad, shared first with Roll Call, hits the congressman for voting against the 2010 health care law, opposing abortion rights and background check and same - sex marriage legislation.

On February 17, the New York State Court of Appeals sided with a sex offender who completed his parole and moved within 500 - feet of a Nassau school, in compliance with state law, but against local law.

Under state law, child sex abuse victims have until their 23rd birthday to bring charges against their attacker.

In New Hampshire, where same - sex marriage was legalized last year, conservative groups are running ads against Democratic Gov. John Lynch, who signed the marriage law and is up for reelection.

«However, he would be happy to comment on the campaign of «Don't take me literally» Schneiderman, specifically his 12 years in the Albany cesspool, his lack of any law enforcement experience, his radical social agenda, his ranking as one of the worst senator for jobs, his 12 votes to raise taxes, his votes against civil confinement for sex offenders, and his attempted cover - up of a hit and run....

In a ruling issued earlier this month, but was made known yesterday, a Livingston County court judge allowed a lawsuit against the state's same - sex marriage law to continue, writing in scathing opinion that New York's notoriously narrow Open Meetings Law could be reviewed in the calaw to continue, writing in scathing opinion that New York's notoriously narrow Open Meetings Law could be reviewed in the caLaw could be reviewed in the case.

The Ledyard town clerk's bid to return to office was cast as a crucial test of balancing the new same - sex marriage law against the right to religious freedom.

Back then, there was no same - sex marriage, and there was not even a law against discriminating against New Yorkers based on their sexual orientation.

I don't think any candidate for office in New York State - where we have strong laws against discrimination due to sex — should hold any meetings in a place where female members of the press are not allowed.

The bill would extend the time that criminal or civil cases against predators can be brought, treat public and private institutions equally when it comes to sex abuse cases, and provide a window to revive cases barred under current law.

He should learn how to abide by our laws that reject employment discrimination against people because of sex, color, race nationality, religion, sexual preference, etc..

Mr. Stringer has been using his office and public funds to screen out those not in favor of same - sex marriage, denying them employment in his office, violating the law and discriminating against people of faith who reject marriage between same - sex people.

«Through DOMA, the federal government is actively discriminating against legally married same - sex couples, and it is right for the state to come to their defense by seeking to strike down that law in court,» he said in a statement.

It would also open a one - year window for sex abuse survivors penalized by the current law to file lawsuits against predators and the institutions that protect them.

The American Foundation for Equal Rights — with its attention - getting political odd couple of conservative Republican lawyer Theodore Olson and liberal Democrat David Boies — will announce Monday it is joining a lawsuit against what the lawyers called Virginia's «draconian» laws prohibiting same - sex marriages, the recognition of such marriages performed where they are legal, and civil unions.

Just Won't Quit State Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr., continues his tirades against the legalization of same - sex marriage, despite the fact that the bill was signed into law two weeks ago.

«The law is already crystal clear that employers may not discriminate against them or any women based on their sex.

NARAL Pro-Choice America launched a five - figure TV buy attacking Lipinski late last year for voting against the 2010 health care law and opposing abortion rights and background check and same - sex marriage legislation.

Kevin Stocker, the Republican who is challenging Sen. Mark Grisanti in a primary, hasn't taken a position for or against the state's same - sex marriage law.

Heastie voted against same - sex marriage in 2007, missed the vote in 2009, but in 2011 supported the bill that was eventually signed into law.

In the lawsuit, filed on 15 May in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Hornig alleges that Lipkin for years has discriminated against her on the basis of sex and created a hostile work environment, violating U.S. and New York civil rights laws.

The authors review over 800 recent studies addressing human rights violations against sex workers, HIV, law and policy, concluding that criminalization of sex work fuels and fosters human rights violations and increases sex workers» susceptibility to HIV, including by reducing sex workers» access to HIV prevention, treatment and care.

The settlement was about eHarmony violating the New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination and not allowing a gay / same - sex matching service.

PASADENA, Calif. — eHarmony, Inc. and the New Jersey Attorney General's Division on Civil Rights (DCR) have settled allegations that the company violated New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination (LAD) by failing to offer a same - sex matching service.

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While his detractors blame Kinsey for much of the looseness of morals that developed in the decades following his published studies, Condon's film seeks to make him somewhat of a hero, as sexual repression and lack of adequate education were responsible for a high number of unhappy and confused people who saw anything but heterosexual intercourse as deviant behavior — even oral sex was against the law in some parts of the United States at the time.