Sentences with phrase «of discrimination against gays»

The bill makes matters worse by covering for - profit companies, which greatly multiplies the potential scope of discrimination against gays and lesbians.

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Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon is introducing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would ban workplace discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, Bloomberg reports.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in the absence of a specific prohibition against discrimination for being gay, has extended its enforcement in a similar way.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a legal brief in an appeals court case, arguing against workplace discrimination protection for employees who are gay.

While supporters say the law protects small business owners» religious freedom, critics say it will allow for discrimination against gay customers and drive business out of the state.

San Francisco taxpayers will not subsidize legally - sanctioned discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people by the State of Indiana.

Researchers say the Williams Institute findings on workplace discrimination are consistent with other 2010 and 2011 studies, which show a continuing pattern of discrimination against lesbian, gay, and bisexual employees.

What logical, caring person can support slavery, discrimination against women, discrimination against gays, discrimination against the handicapped, beating children, beating elderly female slaves without punishment, supporting a god who would let the family of his greatest supporter be killed to WIN A BET, etc..?

It sounds to me like you are fine with atheists supporting discrimination against gays, just so long as gays don't have to support the free speech or other rights of atheists.

I have heard believers den.igrate my friends because of their natural se.xual orientation, and have heard politicians try to legislate discrimination against women and gays based on their religion.

We keep reducing discrimination against the handicapped and we are turning the tide against the IGNORANCE of bigotry against gays.

The Attorney General stated that the Obama Administration wishes to oppose discrimination against gays and lesbians and declared that DOMA reflects «stereotype - based thinking» in its definition of «marriage» and «spouse.»

In contrast, last week — in an unprecedented compromise — Utah passed two bills: one banning discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people; and on protecting the rights of those who object to same - sex marriage on religious grounds.

We are talking about adoption agencies being required to assign children to gay couples, colleges and universities being required to offer same - sex couples access to married housing, and any number of similar scenarios revolving around perceived discrimination against gays and lesbians.»

If you approve of planes flying into buildings, dressing women in cloth bags, denying stem cell research, discrimination against women, gays and anyone with alternate beliefs, denying contraception to people who can't afford families, picketing soldiers funerals, etc, etc, then keep your fuzzy mindset about good and evil.

I would find it laughable if it weren't so disgusting that so many so - called «Christians» go out of their way to demonize gays, and incite violence and discrimination against gays, and yet when someone turns around and calls them bigots or explains why they think the «Christian» position is wrong, then they moan about how horribly they are being oppressed and discriminated against.

Speaking on BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Peter Tatchell said: «He can't perhaps comment about the individuality of that particular case, but he certainly could comment on the principle, which is that he has, in the past, supported legal discrimination against gay people.

They seek to legalize discrimination against gay folks, because they think their version of a god wants them to think gays are icky.

Most people are opposed to his «righteous» support of slavery and discrimination against women, gays, and the handicapped.

My issue with Chik - fil - a is the support of anti gay organizations, and the clear and present discrimination against a specific group.

Members of the Religious Right, including Bill McCartney, were the primary sponsors of «Colorado's Amendment 2,» which struck down the statute outlawing discrimination against gays, which was itself struck down by the Supreme Court last June.

These same people likely choose to support some of the discriminations in the Bible (like against gays), but choose NOT to support the Bible when it comes to slavery, beating children, etc..

anger at discrimination, at home and abroad, against refugees and immigrants, women, people of color, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.»

Ladele and McFarlane's argument was that they should be able to discriminate against gay people, against laws banning discrimination in the provision of goods and services.

Although Christian churches are opposed to gay marriage, they all warn against intolerance of, and discrimination against, homosexuals.

4) without prejudice to the generality of 3) any doctrine which displays or is likely to encourage any form of discrimination against girls and women or against gay people, and any form of encouragement to gay people of any age to suppress or amend their sexuality;

«And he's always been a vocal opponent of discrimination of any kind, whether it's against people of color, women, gays, lesbians, and transgender people, immigrants, seniors or people with disabilities.»

A Wichita - based tea party group is attempting to revive a Kansas bill that would allow religious - based discrimination against gays, with the group saying the bill is as much a protection of LGBT rights as it is a protection of the rights of Christian... Read

Congressman Engel has supported previous legislation concerning LGBT issues like supporting ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act) to prohibit employment discrimination for gays and voting against DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) and Marriage Protection Amendment (bans same - sex marriage).

She was the first member of Congress to introduce gay rights legislation, her approach being a full - scale incorporation of sexual orientation into the protections afforded by the 1964 Civil Rights Act against discrimination based on race, religion, sex, and other categories.

But that doesn't mean Collins has changed his mind on issues such as gay marriage — which the Supreme Court made the law of the land in 2015 — and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the proposed bill that would bar workplace discrimination against gays.

«Today is the first day of the end of discrimination against lesbian women and gay men and I say, Yay, it's about time.»

Stockholders of Texas - based oil giant ExxonMobil are set to vote Wednesday on a proposed company policy to ban discrimination against gay or transgender workers, a resolution pushed by New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Pomeranz uses the examples of discrimination against blacks and gays to make her case.

This retrospective video shows the history of GLSEN (the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network), an organization that works to encourage respect and combat discrimination and violence against LGBT youth in schools.

Like much of Bradford's work, the installation addresses the discrimination and violence against black, gay, and other marginalized bodies.

It also bans discrimination against gays and lesbians, and lays out a number of expanded rights and protections for Indigenous Ecuadorians.

The legal history of rights against discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people is changing rapidly.

The UN's Fifth Committee will decide how much money is provided to finance the work of human rights experts who investigate human rights violations in Burundi, Iran, Syria, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Belarus as well as violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans persons.

Since 2006 Dmitri has been representing Moscow Gay Russia Project in a number of cases concerning freedom of assembly, hate crimes against lgbt people in Russia, and discrimination based on sexual orientation.

There is so - oooo much fuzziness regarding what was actually decided: What constitutes a «closely held» corporation; how is a «sincere» religious belief determined, and by who; who speaks for the convictions of the corporation; and Obamacare aside, what if said religious belief calls for discrimination against blacks, gays and / or women?

Anonymous Lawyer: «When the BC Law Society accredited TWU, it was in essence an endorsement of the discriminatory practices this private entity engages in and sent a message to the public that discrimination against gay people was ok, even though they are protected under the Charter and even though same - sex marriages are legally recognized.

The mission of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Interest Forum is to assure the provision of high quality early childhood education for all young children by facilitating improvements in the professional practice of early childhood education by ending the discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) educators, educating NAEYC members and others about the needs, rights, and well - being of the children of LGBT parents, and educating members and others about the need to develop self - esteem in all children, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientatiGay, Bisexual, and Transgender Interest Forum is to assure the provision of high quality early childhood education for all young children by facilitating improvements in the professional practice of early childhood education by ending the discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) educators, educating NAEYC members and others about the needs, rights, and well - being of the children of LGBT parents, and educating members and others about the need to develop self - esteem in all children, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientatigay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) educators, educating NAEYC members and others about the needs, rights, and well - being of the children of LGBT parents, and educating members and others about the need to develop self - esteem in all children, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation.