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The Supreme Court will hear three cases on Oct. 8 over whether federal civil rights law that bars job discrimination against sex protects gay and transgender people.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard a Maryland case Tuesday that could reshape how parental rights are recognized nationwide. The court held oral arguments for Mahmoud v. Taylor, which involves parents ...
The 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of sexual orientation discrimination (Hively v. Ivy Tech), but the employer did not appeal to the Supreme Court. So, LGBT people in 7th Circuit ...
The Supreme Court appeared inclined to rule in favor of Christian and Muslim parents in Maryland seeking to keep their elementary school children out of certain classes when storybooks with LGBT ...
The Supreme Court sided on Friday with a group of Maryland parents who argued that preventing them from opting their children out of LGBT curriculum infringed on their religious freedom rights.
The Supreme Court took up a new dispute on the tensions between LGBT rights and religious rights by agreeing to hear a claim made by parents of elementary school students in Maryland who objected ...
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed hear cases seeking to determine once-and-for-all if ant-LGBT discrimination in the workplace is prohibited under federal law. In its orders list on Monday, the court ...
The U.S. Supreme Court signaled on Friday that it will assess the legality of a key component of a landmark federal voting rights law, potentially giving its conservative majority a chance to gut a ...
This month has not been the greatest month for LGBT civil rights. On July 6, the New York Court of Appeals (the state's highest court) ruled 4-2 that it is constitutional to deny same-sex couples the ...
In what one legal expert called an "aggressive move," the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will take up the issue of whether existing federal law prohibits discrimination based on sexual ...