Right-wing parents hope to turn schools into conservative ‘citadels’
Their latest mission is to pull books with LGBTQ themes from school libraries.
By Casey Quinlan - October 22, 2021Their latest mission is to pull books with LGBTQ themes from school libraries.
By Casey Quinlan - October 22, 2021‘I look forward to being with people whose perspectives are very different from mine,’ said Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum.
By Casey Quinlan - August 10, 2021John Kluge, an orchestra teacher at Brownsburg High School in Indiana, refused to use the correct names or pronouns because, he claimed, it violated his religious beliefs.
By Casey Quinlan - July 13, 2021The Supreme Court let stand a ruling that Washington state’s nondiscrimination protections do not violate religious freedoms.
By Casey Quinlan - July 02, 2021The right is using hatred of transgender people to build political power.
By Casey Quinlan - June 11, 2021Four religious refusal bills have been enacted into law this year, with several others making their way through state legislatures across the country.
By Casey Quinlan - May 12, 2021College of the Ozarks alleges its rights to freedom of speech and religion are under attack.
By Casey Quinlan - April 22, 2021Mathew Staver has a long history of fighting LGBTQ equality.
By Casey Quinlan - April 05, 2021Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is demanding changes to an anti-trans bill the Legislature passed — but right-wing groups say the changes aren’t enough for them.
By Casey Quinlan - March 22, 2021An ad run by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said, ‘The Equality Act is a threat to life as we know it in our nation today.’
By Casey Quinlan - March 19, 2021Amazon is allowing anti-LGBTQ groups to participate in its charity platform.
By Casey Quinlan - December 22, 2020Rule changes are making social services less accessible for LGBTQ people.
By Casey Quinlan - December 16, 2020The sitting Supreme Court justice spoke at a convention of the partisan right-wing Federalist Society.
By Casey Quinlan - November 13, 2020Some of the biggest opponents of LGBTQ rights don’t want to believe they’ll no longer have a White House sympathetic to their bigotry.
By Casey Quinlan - November 11, 2020The secretary of state will give the keynote speech at the Florida Family Policy Council’s gala on Saturday.
By Casey Quinlan - October 01, 2020Another Trump justice could mean the dismantling of hard won LGBTQ rights.
By Casey Quinlan - September 23, 2020Cissie Graham Lynch praised the Trump administration’s so-called protection of religious freedom.
By Casey Quinlan - August 26, 2020The Department of Health and Human Services let South Carolina discriminate against LGBTQ people in the foster care system.
By Casey Quinlan - August 20, 2020Another major LGBTQ rights case will head to the Supreme Court next term.
By Casey Quinlan - August 14, 2020In addition to his organization’s stance against marriage equality in its statement of faith, Franklin Graham also has a history of making anti-LGBTQ statements.
By Casey Quinlan - May 11, 2020A pastors group opposes a Michigan ballot initiative that would protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodation.
By Casey Quinlan - April 22, 2020State Rep. Tim Ginter’s (R) proposed religious exemption from facts reportedly came from a Christianist advocacy group.
By Josh Israel - December 09, 2019Tuesday, an appellate court blocked the overreaching religious exemption rules the administration created to drastically limit access to contraception.
By Lisa Needham - October 23, 2019Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent address to the American Association of Christian Counselors is the top item of the State Department’s website on Monday.
By Josh Israel - October 14, 2019In a speech at Notre Dame Law School, Attorney General William Barr made clear he puts the rights and interests of Christians above everyone else.
By Lisa Needham - October 14, 2019Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey says he reversed his earlier decision ‘after careful consideration.’
By Josh Israel - October 10, 2019The Trump administration is winning praise for aggressively fulfilling the goals of conservative religious leaders.
By Associated Press - August 21, 2019