Republicans have opposed this bill, citing the First Amendment. The vote followed a debate on personal experiences of several lawmakers. There is an even chance of potential lawsuits in Californian courts. The bill was written by Assemblyman Evan Low, an...
Conservative Christian colleges are worried that their doctrinal commitments with respect to LGBT issues could run afoul of sex discrimination law under Title IX and jeopardize federal financial aid. Source: Christian Colleges That Oppose LGBT Rights...
A Cincinnati pastor will face trial by a council of church leaders in Indianapolis on Friday to determine whether his marriage to a man makes him unfit to be a United Methodist minister. Source: Gay United Methodist Church pastor to stand 'trial' in...
A synagogue has held the first known gender-neutral “B’nei Mitzvah” in the UK for a non-binary teenager. Source: Non-binary teen celebrates ‘b’nei mitzvah’ · PinkNews
"Our Bible" is a new app that includes more than 300 devotionals, podcasts and essays geared toward LGBTQ Christians and progressive people of faith. Source: Philly app creator offers digital sanctuary for Christians alienated by churches - Philly
The Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom is being established to aid health workers with objections rooted in conscience or religion to treating certain people and performing some procedures. Source: Trump Administration Will Shield Health Workers...
“We reserve the right to veto any resolution that we feel violates our conscience. We last did so in 1988. We prefer to achieve consensus.” Source: Orthodox Demand Exceptions To Transgender Rights Policy – The Forward
(AP) — The Supreme Court is refusing to intervene in a legal fight over a Mississippi law that lets government workers and private businesspeople cite their own religious beliefs to deny services to LGBT people. Source: Justices won’t step into...
The Supreme Court entered the latest battleground in the culture wars on Tuesday, hearing arguments in a hard-fought clash between gay rights and claims of religious freedom that was a sort of sequel to the court’s 2015 decision establishing a...