The Seattle City Council passed an ordinance on Feb. 21 to apply anti-discrimination laws to castes. The ordinance passed 6-to-1 and, following the signature of Seattle City Council President Debora Juarez, goes to Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell for his sign-off. Were it to get Harrell’s signature, Seattle would become the first city in the United States…
Religious Schools and Anti-Discrimination Laws: Are They Incompatible?
Commentary On Nov. 4 2022, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus requested the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) to report on the reforms that would need to be undertaken to ensure that the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) reflects the Government’s commitment to amend the Act “in a manner that is consistent with the rights and freedoms recognised…
Texas AG Sues Biden Admin Over ‘Radical Woke’ Rule Affecting Religious Adoption, Foster Care Services
December 14, 2022
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit (pdf) against the Biden administration on Dec. 12 to ensure the state can continue working with faith-based organizations to provide adoption and foster care services. Primarily, the lawsuit seeks an end to an Obama-era Health and Human Services Department (HHS) rule, known as the SOGI (Sexual Orientation…
Texas Sues to Overturn Adoption Rule That It Says Discriminates Against Religious Groups
December 14, 2022
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit (pdf) against the Biden administration on Dec. 12 to ensure the state can continue working with faith-based organizations to provide adoption and foster care services. Primarily, the lawsuit seeks an end to an Obama-era Health and Human Services Department (HHS) rule, known as the SOGI (Sexual Orientation…
Texas Sues to Overturn Adoption Rule It Says Discriminates Against Religious Groups
December 14, 2022
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit (pdf) against the Biden administration on Dec. 12 to ensure the state can continue working with faith-based organizations to provide adoption and foster care services. Primarily, the lawsuit seeks an end to an Obama-era Health and Human Services Department (HHS) rule, known as the SOGI (Sexual Orientation…
For Baker Jack Phillips, the Persecution Never Ends
Commentary It’s the tenth year of litigation for Jack Phillips, the Colorado baker whose Christian belief that marriage is between one man and one woman means he declines to design custom wedding cakes for same-sex unions. Or rather, it’s the tenth year of his persecution as a Christian by militantly secular powers-that-be both public and…
Supreme Court Rebuffs Biden Admin, Rules Deaf-Blind Woman Can’t Seek Damages for Denial of Interpreter
The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that a deaf and blind woman may not claim damages for emotional distress for a physical therapy clinic’s decision to deny her an American Sign Language interpreter. The court’s opinion in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller PPLC, court file 20–219, came April 28 after the case was argued Nov. 30,…
Up To 10 Years in Jail For Suppression Of LGBITQ+, Vic Government
February 17, 2022
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The Victorian government has made suppression of an LGBITQ+ individual a jailable offence in the state, after passing into law the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021 on Feb.17. The new law(pdf), means that anyone who attempts to convert or suppress the sexual orientation or gender identity of Victorian LGBTIQ+ members can face up to…
10 Years Jail Time For Suppression Of LGBITQ+, Vic Government
February 17, 2022
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The Victorian government has made suppression of an LGBITQ+ individual a jailable offence in the state, after passing into law the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021 on Feb.17. The new law(pdf), means that anyone who attempts to convert or suppress the sexual orientation or gender identity of Victorian LGBTIQ+ members can face up to…
‘Religious Organisation Should Hire to Ethos’ Argues Archbishop
January 13, 2022
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In the second Religious Discrimination Bill meeting on Jan. 13, Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli stated that he would not put forward any amendments and expressed that this act will finally protect all different groups of discrimination following disability, LGBTIQ and aged groups. At the meeting, Comensoli expressed that religious schools should be allowed the right…
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