Showing posts with label Sexual orientation discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sexual orientation discrimination. Show all posts
Saturday, April 20, 2024

DOE Issues New Rules Under Title IX Protecting Against LGBTQ+ Discrimination

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The Department of Education yesterday, in a 1577-page Release ( full text ), issued its final rules under Title IX on sex discrimination by ...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Court Upholds Maine's Law Barring LGBTQ Discrimination by Christian School Receiving State Funds

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In Crosspoint Church v. Maikin ,  (D ME, Feb. 27, 2024), a Maine federal district court refused to enjoin application of the state's edu...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Certiorari Denied in Case of Jurors Disqualified Because of Religious Beliefs

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Today the Supreme Court denied review in Missouri Department of Corrections v. Finney ,  ( certiorari denied,  2/20/2024). In the case a Mis...
Friday, December 01, 2023

Christian Non-Profit Cannot Rescind Job Offer Because of Same-Sex Marriage

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In McMahon v. World Vision, Inc. ,  (WD WA, Nov. 28, 2023), a Washington federal district court held that a Christian non-profit organizatio...
Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Christian School Sues Vermont Challenging Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Rules

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Vermont federal district court by a Christian school seeking to participate in the state's Town Tuitioning...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

1st Amendment Requires Exemption from Anti-Bias Law for Business That Discriminates Against Same-Sex Weddings

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In Country Mill Farms, LLC v. City of East Lansing , (ED MI, Aug. 21, 2023), a Michigan federal district court held that the city of East La...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

MD Supreme Court: State Law Sex Discrimination Ban Does Not Include Sexual Orientation Discrimination

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In Doe v. Catholic Relief Services ,  (MD Sup. Ct., Aug. 14, 2023), the Maryland Supreme Court, responding to certified questions from a fed...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Baylor Gets DOE Assurance That It Is Exempt From Title IX Sexual Harassment Rules

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In a July 25 letter ( full text ), the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights has assured Baylor University that, as a universi...
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

RFRA Requires Title VII Exemption for Business Operating on Christian Gender Beliefs

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In Braidwood Management, Inc. v. EEOC ,  (5th Cir., June 20, 2023), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that RFRA requires an exempti...
Friday, June 09, 2023

White House Announces New Initiatives to Protect LGBTQI+ Communities

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The White House yesterday released Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Protect LGBTQI+ Communities ( full text...
Friday, March 31, 2023

Church Preschool Challenges California's Anti-Discrimination Rules for Food Program Participants

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Suit was filed earlier this month in a California federal district court by a Christian church and its preschool challenging the state's...
Thursday, March 09, 2023

Michigan Legislature Adds LGBTQ Protections to State Civil Rights Act

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The Michigan legislature today gave final approval to Senate Bill 4 ( full text ) which adds "sexual orientation" and "gende...
Friday, March 03, 2023

Christian Mission Challenges Narrowing of Washington State's Religious Exemption From Employment Non-Discrimination Law

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Washington federal district court by a Christian social service agency contending that the Washington Supreme ...
Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Australia Proposes New Antidiscrimination Requirements For Religious Educational Institutions

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On January 27, the Australian Law Reform Commission released a 54-page Consultation Paper on  Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Di...
Thursday, January 26, 2023

9th Circuit Orders En Banc Review of School's Action Against Fellowship of Christian Athletes

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The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted en banc  review in Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District Bo...
Friday, December 16, 2022

NY Appellate Court Says Yeshiva University Must Recognize LGBTQ Student Group

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In YU Pride Alliance v. Yeshiva University , (NY App. Div., Dec. 15, 2022), a New York state appellate court affirmed a trial court's de...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Texas Sues HHS To Invalidate Rule on LGBTQ Discrimination by Adoption Agencies

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Texas federal district court challenging a rule adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services that pr...
Tuesday, December 06, 2022

New Zealand Court OK's Hate Speech Law That Does Not Cover LGBTQ Victims

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In Hoban v. Attorney General ,  (NZ HC, Dec. 5, 2022), a New Zealand High Court, reviewing a decision of the Human Rights Review Tribunal, h...
Saturday, November 19, 2022

Religious Children's Home Lacks Standing To Challenge Now-Defunct HHS Non-Discrimination Rule

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 In Holston United Methodist Home for Children, Inc. v. Becerra , (ED TN, Nov. 18, 2022), a Tennessee federal district court held that a rel...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Court Says Title IX and ACA Do Not Bar Transgender Discrimination

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In Neese v. Beccera , (ND TX, Nov. 11, 2022), a Texas federal district court granted declaratory relief concluding that neither Title IX nor...