Sentences with phrase «prohibit same sex»

Considering that there is no rational argument to be made to prohibit same sex marriage, you seem to be part of the problem.

So, if you think that your religion prohibits same sex marriage, you are free to not enter into one, but you are not free to prevent anyone else from entering into one.

«Beyond even prohibiting same sex marriage, this law dangerously restricts freedom of assembly, association, and expression for all Nigerians.»

Not exact matches

The article, titled «Why Liberal Neutrality Prohibits Same - Sex Marriage: Rawls, Political Liberalism, and the Family,» is available online here.

Either the traditional Christian side will win (in prohibiting same - sex relations) or the gay side will win (in affirming same - sex relations).

In fact, I see the decision as a victory for religious freedom in the sense that people whose religion supports and encourages same - sex unions will no longer be prohibited from practicing that important religious value simply because some of their neighbors hold a different view.

Almost immediately, challenges to state laws and constitutional amendments prohibiting same - sex marriages erupted.

Following the introduction of various pieces of anti-discrimination legislation — which, among other things, prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation — guesthouse owners Peter and Hazelmary Bull were successfully sued by a same - sex couple for refusing to provide a double - bedded room.

• It's a crazy society that promotes same - sex marriage while at the same time prohibiting same - sex education, at least when the sex is male.

Speaking on 7.30, Mr Corbett, a former chairman of Fairfax Media, the publisher of The Australian Financial Review, said prohibiting same - sex marriage was «not discriminatory in any way».

In fact, Utah law prohibits joint adoption by lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender couples, and it also prohibits lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals from adopting the child of their same - sex partner.

And if states can restrict private behavior, and prohibit sodomy, then there's no basis for same - sex marriage if a state elects to prohibit it@d6641585c1fc183ee17cc922d8cf204e: disqus!!

But there is an amazing consistency between the states that prohibited interracial marriage in 1967, the states that prohibited abortion in 1973 and the states that have constitutional amendments prohibiting same - sex marriage.

Just as same - sex couples were barred from civil marriage, opposite - sex couples were (and still are) prohibited from having a civil partnership.

Since the passage of the same - sex marriage bill two years ago, GENDA, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in employment, housing, public accommodations and credit, has become a top priority for the LGBT community in New York.

Cuomo, who signed legislation legalizing same - sex marriage in New York into law in 2011, announced that he would sign an executive order prohibiting state agencies and authorities from doing business with companies that encourage or tolerate discrimination.

Louisiana, Mississippi, and Michigan prohibit same - sex couples from jointly adopting.

During his time at the Pride Agenda he has been actively involved with the passage of dozens of laws, ordinances, regulations and Executive Orders on the state and local level affecting New York's LGBT community, including statewide measures like: the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act; the Hate Crimes Act of 2000; making the state's 9/11 relief inclusive of same - sex couples; guaranteeing domestic partners hospital visitation, legal authority over a loved one's bodily remains, access to Family Court and medical decision making authority; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in state employment; and securing over $ 50 million of funding for LGBT health and human services.

In 2004, Mississippi voters approved a state constitutional amendment banning same - sex marriage and prohibiting Mississippi from recognizing same - sex marriages performed elsewhere.

Sixty - one percent oppose allowing states to prohibit same - sex marriages, and 62 percent support requiring states to recognize same - sex marriages performed in other states.

The ruling noted that the Obama administration has said it thinks another federal law — the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits federal recognition of same - sex marriages — is unconstitutional.

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).

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.

But Nebraska has a constitutional amendment that prohibits same - sex marriage.

The «Defense of Marriage Act» (DOMA), which prohibits recognition of same - sex marriages in relation to federal laws would seem tio prohibite it, but an announcement by the United States Department of Justice yesterday may change all that.

Now that California voters have approved Proposition 8, which would change the state constitution to prohibit recognition of same sex marriages, opponents have sued, seeking to overturn the measure, reports the Modesto Bee.

As to the New York and Rhode Island plaintiffs, their cases shall proceed in the Superior Court, on an expedited basis, for a determination whether same - sex marriage is prohibited in those States.

Supreme Court agrees to review two challenges to state laws prohibiting same - sex marriage, Reuters

Canadian couples» plans at risk after Russia prohibits adoption to countries that recognize same - sex marriage, The Globe and Mail

There is nothing in the nature of the employment itself which would make it a necessary qualification of the job that support workers be prohibited from engaging in a same sex relationship.

More than 70 countries prohibit people from having sex with someone of the same sex.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex - based wage discrimination; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), which protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older; Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended (ADA), which prohibit employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector, and in state and local governments; Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities who work in the federal government; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), which prohibits employment discrimination based on genetic information about an applicant, employee, or former employee; and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which, among other things, provides monetary damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination.

The question presented in this case was whether Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits the federal recognition of same - sex marriages that are recognized under state law, violated the Equal Protection Clause.

The Supreme Court based its decision on the fact that prohibiting same - sex marriages constitutes a violation of the 14th amendment, because rights were not granted to all US Citizens by equal.

In employment matters, including the hiring process, discrimination and harassment is prohibited in the Ontario Human Rights Code on the grounds of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed (religion), sex, sexual orientation, handicap (disability and perceived disability), age, marital status, same - sex partnership status, family status, record of offences, gender identity and gender expression.

Sexual orientation became a prohibited ground of discrimination in the mid-1990s, following which same - sex marriage became legal in Ontario in 2002, and in eight other provinces and territories in rapid succession thereafter, until the introduction of the federal Civil Marriage Act in 2005 legalized same - sex marriage throughout the country.

Also Anonymous lawyer... You state: «in the same way we have prohibited discrimination based on sex and race.»

State law already prohibits same - sex marriage, but supporters want it enshrined in the constitution because they fear courts could change that law, as has happened in other states.

However, some states still prohibit same - sex couples from jointly petitioning to adopt.

Also, to recent developments regarding extending the definition of marriage to same sex couples state may also not prohibit interracial marriage based on the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.

The federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which passed in 1996, prohibits the federal government from ex-tending heterosexual married benefits to same - sex partnerships and it allows — but does not require — states to not recognize another state's legal marriage.

The Defense of Marriage Act prohibits the federal government from extending heterosexual married benefits to any type of same - sex partnership.

The federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which passed in 1996, prohibits the federal government from extending heterosexual married benefits to same - sex partnerships and it allows — but does not require — states to not recognize another state's legal marriage.

>> In less inflammatory news... but equally controversial in some circles... a landmark US Supreme Court ruling overturned the federal Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California's Prop. 8 which prohibited same - sex marriage.