Tag: LGBTQ discrimination

Are LGBTQ Employees Safe From Discrimination? A New Supreme Court Case Will Decide

It’s a hectic morning at the home of Kathleen O’Donnell and her wife, Casey. Kathleen is getting their 4-year-old foster daughter ready for the park. She got placed with them overnight. Casey is wrangling the four dogs. They’ve already got their 11-year-old son off to school.

They live on a tree-lined street in Billings, Mont. It’s a place they’ve called home since 2014.

“All of my family lives in Billings, so with a kid we wanted to be near them,” Kathleen said.

View the complete October 7 article by Leila Fadel on the National Public Radio website here.

Trump lauds religious adoption agencies for refusing service to same-sex couples

“We will always protect our country’s long and proud tradition of faith-based adoption.”

President Trump attends the 2019 National Prayer Breakfast. Credit: Chris Kleponis, Polaris

President Donald Trump openly endorsed discrimination by foster and adoption agencies, speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning.

After welcoming Chad and Melissa Buck, a couple from Michigan who he applauded for having adopted five children, he said, “Unfortunately, the Michigan adoption charity that brought the Buck family together is now defending itself in court for living by the values of its Catholic faith.”

“We will always protect our country’s long and proud tradition of faith-based adoption,” he added. “My administration is working to insure that faith-based adoption agencies are able to help vulnerable children find their forever families while following their deeply held beliefs.”

View the complete February 7 article by Zack Ford on the ThinkProgress website here.

Doug Wardlow’s Record of Discrimination Pushed by Trump to Supreme Court

Trump Administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a case Doug Wardlow originally argued, to allow LGBTQ people to be fired for who they are

Throughout his life, Wardlow has fought to discriminate against Minnesotans based on who they are

MINNESOTA – Today, Congressman Keith Ellison, candidate for Minnesota Attorney General, and LGBT elected officials denounced Republican candidate Doug Wardlow’s record of discrimination which is headed for the United States Supreme Court.

“Minnesotans believe that everyone should be treated fairly, regardless of race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation,” said Ellison. “Doug Wardlow’s career of discrimination has now caught the attention of President Trump, and threatens to allow LGBT people across the country to be fired simply for being who they are. Our state needs an Attorney General who will enforce the rights of all, not enact a political purge to push a discriminatory agenda.”

Yesterday, the Trump Administration announced that it would ask the United States Supreme Court to rule that businesses can discriminate against workers based on their gender identity. The case the Trump Administration is asking the Court to consider was originally argued by Doug Wardlow on behalf of the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), an anti-LGBTQ hate group, to uphold the discriminatory firing of a funeral home employee in Michigan. Continue reading “Doug Wardlow’s Record of Discrimination Pushed by Trump to Supreme Court”

Doug Wardlow’s History of Discrimination Continues

The Trump Administration is asking the Supreme Court to rule to allow businesses to discriminate against workers based on their gender identity. AND, Keith’s opponent Doug Wardlow originally argued this case for the anti-LGBTQ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom.

 
It’s undeniable that Wardlow wants to use this office to push Trump’s agenda and continue his history of discrimination — and today’s news makes that even clearer.

Federal judge in D.C. blocks part of Trump’s transgender military ban

The following article by Justin Jouvenal was posted on the Washington Post website October 30, 2017:

Three months after President Trump announced that transgender troops won’t be allowed to serve in the military, a federal judge has blocked enforcement of Trump’s directive. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)

A federal judge in Washington blocked the Trump Administration’s proposed transgender military ban, writing in a strongly worded opinion that the policy “does not appear to be supported by any facts.”

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued the preliminary injunction Monday, finding that a group of transgender service members would have a strong chance of prevailing in their lawsuit to have the ban declared unconstitutional. The injunction remains in place until the lawsuit is resolved or a judge lifts it. Continue reading “Federal judge in D.C. blocks part of Trump’s transgender military ban”