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• THE GOP’S ANTI-LGBT, ANTI-WOMEN ‘RELIG FREEDOM’ LAW ON STEROIDSHOLY WARTHE FIRST AMENDMENT DEFENSE ACT WOULD ALLOW HOSPALS, ERNMENTS, UNIVERSI, AND BS TO IGNORE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, NY WOMEN HEALTH RE, AND FIRE GAY PEOPLE.JAY MICHAELSONUPDATED APR. 13, 2017 2:16PM EDT / PUBLISHED NOV. 16, 2016 4:40PM EST PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO/THE DAILY BEAST THE FIRST AMENDMENT DEFENSE ACT IS THE NUCLEAR VERSN OF THE SO-LLED “RELIG EEDOM” LAWS THAT HAVE APPEARED ACROSS THE UNTRY, MOST FAMOLY MIKE PENCE’S INDIANA. THE REPUBLIN HOE WILL SURELY PASS , THE SENATE WILL PASS UNLS ’S FILIBTERED BY DEMOCRATS, AND PRINT-ELECT TMP HAS PROMISED TO SIGN .IF BE LAW, FADA WILL BE THE WORST THG TO HAPPEN TO WOMEN AND LGBT PEOPLE A GENERATN.LIKE STATE “RELIG EEDOM RTORATN ACTS,” FADA’S BASIC PRCIPLE IS THAT ’S NOT DISCRIMATN WHEN BS DISCRIMATE AGAST LGBT PEOPLE IF THEY HAVE A RELIG REASON FOR DOG SO. THE MOST FAMO SUATNS HAVE TO DO WH MARRIAGE: WEDDG KE BAKERS WHO SAY THAT IF THEY BAKE A KE, THEY’RE VLATG THEIR RELIGN; KIM DAVIS, THE ERNMENT CLERK WHO SAID THAT SIGNG A SECULAR MARRIAGE CERTIFITE WAS A RELIG ACT THAT SHE ULD NOT PERFORM.BUT THOSE STORI ARE A RED HERRG. THE MORE IMPORTANT S ARE ON LIKE HOSPALS REFG TO TREAT LGBT PEOPLE (OR THEIR CHILDREN), PHARMACI REFG TO FILL BIRTH NTROL PRCRIPTNS, BS REFG TO OFFER HEALTH BENEFS TO A SAME-SEX PARTNER, AND STATE-FUND ADOPTN AGENCI REFG TO PLACE KIDS WH GAY FAI. UNRNEATH THE RHETORIL BS, THAT’S WHAT FADA IS ALL ABOUT. FIRST, THE BILL APPLI TO ANY RPORATN, ANIZATN, OR PERSON WHO “BELIEV OR ACTS ACRDANCE WH A RELIG BELIEF OR MORAL NVICTN THAT MARRIAGE IS OR SHOULD BE REGNIZED AS THE UNN OF ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN, OR THAT SEXUAL RELATNS ARE PROPERLY RERVED TO SUCH A MARRIAGE.”NOTICE HOW BROAD THAT IS: ANY BS, AGENCY, OR DIVIDUAL, CLUDG ERNMENT EMPLOYE, HOSPALS, OR HUGE BS LIKE HOBBY LOBBY OR CHICK-FIL-A. OLD-AGE HOM AND HOSPIC THAT TURN AWAY GAY PEOPLE – Y, THIS HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED – ARE VERED. HOSPALS THAT REFE A SAME-SEX PARTNER VISATN RIGHTS – VERED. NATNAL HOTEL CHAS THAT REFE TO RENT ROOMS TO GAY UPL (OR UNMARRIED STRAIGHT ON) – VERED. AND NOTICE THAT APPLI NOT JT TO RELIG BELIEFS ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, BUT ALSO TO SEXUAL NDUCT GENERAL. TRANSLATN: NTRACEPTN, SEX TN, TREATMENT OF STDS – ALL OF THE ARE PART OF THE BILL. IF A NATNAL PHARMACY CHA WANTS TO REFE TO FILL PRCRIPTNS FOR THE “MORNG AFTER PILL,” IF A PANY WANTS TO FIRE SOMEONE FOR BEG PREGNANT OUT OF WEDLOCK OR BEG HIV POSIVE, IF A PUBLIC SCHOOL WANTS TO STOP TEACHG SEX ED – ALL VERED. AND FALLY, SCE “MORAL NVICTN” IS ADD THERE, DON’T MATTER THAT J NEVER MENTNED HEALTH SURANCE VERAGE. NO ACTUAL RELIG GROUNDS ARE NECSARY; JT SOME MORAL NVICTN THAT THE ONLY ALLOWABLE SEX IS SEX WH A HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE.WHAT DO “VERED” MEAN? ESSENTIALLY, FADA PROHIBS THE FERAL ERNMENT OM DOG ANYTHG ABOUT ANY OF THE ACTS. SPECIFILLY, LISTS REVOKG TAX EXEMPT STAT (AS DID FOR BOB JON UNIVERSY BEE OF S RACIST POLICI, THE SE THAT STARTED THE WHOLE “RELIG EEDOM” MOVEMENT) AND REFG ANY FERAL GRANT, NTRACT, OR CERTIFITN.BUT THEN THE BILL ADDS “OTHERWISE DISCRIMATE AGAST SUCH PERSON,” WHICH ACTUALLY MEANS ANYTHG AT ALL, SO LONG AS THE ERNMENT IS TAKG SOME ADVERSE ACTN. (“PERSON” CLUS PANI AND ANIZATNS, REMEMBER.) FOR EXAMPLE:- THE CURRENT ERNMENT POLICY REQUIRG FERAL NTRACTORS – 20% OF THE ENTIRE U.S. WORKFORCE – NOT TO DISCRIMATE AGAST LGBT PEOPLE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY REVOKED. CONTRACTORS N LEGALLY FIRE PEOPLE FOR BEG GAY (OR TRANSGENR).- A ERNOR N ORR THAT, HIS STATE, NO CLERK ANYWHERE MAY CERTIFY A SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, AND THE FERAL ERNMENT ULD DO NOTHG ABOUT .- IF A RTRANT OR HOTEL POSTS A SIGN SAYG “NO FAGGOTS ALLOWED,” FADA PROHIBS THE ERNMENT OM “DISCRIMATG” AGAST BY IATG AN ENFORCEMENT ACTN UNR PUBLIC ACMODATNS LAWS. GAY UPL MAY BE REFED HOTEL ROOMS ANYWHERE THE UNTRY.- IF A PANY REF TO LET A PERSON TAKE TIME OFF TO TAKE RE OF HER SAME-SEX PARTNER THE HOSPAL, THE ERNMENT NNOT PURSUE ANY ACTN UNR RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT LAWS.- IF A STATE-FUND ADOPTN AGENCY REF TO PLACE CHILDREN WH LEGALLY MARRIED SAME-SEX UPL, THE ERNMENT NNOT WHDRAW S NTRACTS WH THAT AGENCY. (THIS WAS A KEY REQUT BY CATHOLIC ADOPTN AGENCI, WHICH RECEIVE THE BULK OF THEIR FUNDG OM THE ERNMENT.)- AN EMPLOYEE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ULD REFE TO PROCS A CLAIM FOR SURVIVOR BENEFS FOR THE SAME-SEX SPOE OF A SERVICEMEMBER.- ALL SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSI N DISCRIMATE AGAST LGBT PEOPLE, REGARDLS OF TLE IX (AS LONG AS THEY LK THAT DISCRIMATN TO A VIEW ABOUT MARRIAGE, WHICH IS QUE EASY TO DO). UNIVERSI MAY TURN AWAY GAY APPLINTS, NY LGBT CLUBS, AND FIRE ALL GAY FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBERS, WH NO PENALTI OM THE FERAL ERNMENT.- ANY HOSPAL MAY REFE TO PROVI NTRACEPTN, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RE (CLUDG NSULTATNS OF ANY KD), OR HEALTH RE OF ANY KD TO UNMARRIED PEOPLE OR GAY PEOPLE, AND NOT LOSE ACCREDATN.- AND Y, HOWEVER UNLIKELY, YOUR BOSS ULD FIRE YOU FOR HAVG (STRAIGHT) PREMARAL SEX, AND NO FERAL AGENCY ULD E AFTER YOU.OH, AND THEN THERE’S THAT THIRD POT TO NSIR. FADA HAS ONE OF THE STRANGT “PRE-EMPTN” CLS OF ANY BILL I’VE EVER SEEN. NORMALLY, FERAL BILLS EHER PRE-EMPT STATE ON, OR HAVE A “NO PRE-EMPTN” CLSE, SAYG THAT STATE LAWS TAKE PRECENCE. FADA HAS SOME OF EACH, STATG THAT “NOTHG THIS ACT SHALL BE NSTED TO PREEMPT STATE LAW, OR REPEAL FERAL LAW, THAT IS EQUALLY OR MORE PROTECTIVE OF EE EXERCISE OF RELIG BELIEFS AND MORAL NVICTNS.”IN OTHER WORDS, IF A STATE HAS A NON-DISCRIMATN LAW AGAST GAY PEOPLE, FADA SUPERCES , PROHIBG ANY FERAL ACTN BASED ON THAT LAW. BUT IF A STATE HAS A LAW THAT PROTECTS THE RELIG PARTY MORE, FADA DON’T SUPERCE .UNR THAT LANGUAGE, STATE LEVEL ACTNS AGAST ANTI-GAY RPORATNS, ANIZATNS, AND DIVIDUALS WOULD NOT BE PROHIBED – BUT THE FERAL ERNMENT ULD OFFER NO ASSISTANCE, AND ED ULD NOT DO ANYTHG AT ALL, EVEN IF THE ANTI-GAY PARTY IS CLEAR VLATN OF STATE LAW. IN OTHER WORDS, STAT WH MORE PROTECTNS FOR WOMEN OR LGBT PEOPLE – YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN OUT THERE.OVERALL, FADA MAK LGBTS OFFICIALLY SEND-CLASS CIZENS OF THE UNED STAT – MORE LIKE THOSE ANTI-GAY UNTRI LIKE PUT’S RSIA. WE MAY BE FIRED, BARRED OM ENTRY, NIED SERVIC, NIED HEALTH RE, NIED TN, AND NIED LEGIMACY WAYS THAT STRAIGHT MARRIED PEOPLE (AND PROBABLY MOST STRAIGHT UNMARRIED PEOPLE) DO NOT. MY FULLY LEGAL MARRIAGE ISN’T WORTH THE PAPER ’S PRTED ON, BEE NO ONE ANYWHERE HAS TO RPECT , NOT EVEN A ERNMENT EMPLOYEE.AS YOU N SEE, FADA EFFECTIVELY OVERTURNS OBERGEFELL WHOUT ANYONE HAVG TO FILE A LAWSU, BEE CREAT A LOOPHOLE AS LARGE AS THE RIGHT TO MARRY SELF. ANY ERNOR, MAYOR, OR CLERK ULD PROFFER A “MORAL OBJECTN” TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, AND STOP ALL EMPLOYE UNR HIS OR HER THORY OM REGISTERG GAY UPL OR CERTIFYG GAY WEDDGS. AND EVEN ABSENT SUCH ACTN, ANY EMPLOYER OR BS N ACT AS THOUGH THE MARRIAGE SIMPLY DO NOT EXIST.BUT FADA GO MUCH FURTHER THAN MARRIAGE. IT ATTACKS UNMARRIED WOMEN, WHO MAY BE NIED HEALTH RE BY STATE HOSPALS, EMPLOYERS, AND SURANCE PANI. IT MAK IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE FERAL ERNMENT TO DO ANYTHG A HOST OF DISCRIMATORY SUATNS. IT TURNS BACK THE CLOCK NOT JT TWO YEARS, TO BEFORE OBERGEFELL, BUT TWENTY YEARS, TO A TIME WHEN SIMPLY BEG GAY WAS CRIMAL.AND HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE HOE, THE SENATE, AND THE PRINT-ELECT. JAY MICHAELSON

THE GOP’S ANTI-LGBT, ANTI-WOMEN ‘RELIG FREEDOM’ LAW ON STEROIDSHOLY WARTHE FIRST AMENDMENT DEFENSE ACT WOULD ALLOW HOSPALS, ERNMENTS, UNIVERSI, AND BS TO IGNORE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, NY WOMEN HEALTH RE, AND FIRE GAY PEOPLE.JAY MICHAELSONUPDATED APR. 13, 2017 2:16PM EDT / PUBLISHED NOV. 16, 2016 4:40PM EST PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO/THE DAILY BEAST THE FIRST AMENDMENT DEFENSE ACT IS THE NUCLEAR VERSN OF THE SO-LLED “RELIG EEDOM” LAWS THAT HAVE APPEARED ACROSS THE UNTRY, MOST FAMOLY MIKE PENCE’S INDIANA. THE REPUBLIN HOE WILL SURELY PASS , THE SENATE WILL PASS UNLS ’S FILIBTERED BY DEMOCRATS, AND PRINT-ELECT TMP HAS PROMISED TO SIGN .IF BE LAW, FADA WILL BE THE WORST THG TO HAPPEN TO WOMEN AND LGBT PEOPLE A GENERATN.LIKE STATE “RELIG EEDOM RTORATN ACTS,” FADA’S BASIC PRCIPLE IS THAT ’S NOT DISCRIMATN WHEN BS DISCRIMATE AGAST LGBT PEOPLE IF THEY HAVE A RELIG REASON FOR DOG SO. THE MOST FAMO SUATNS HAVE TO DO WH MARRIAGE: WEDDG KE BAKERS WHO SAY THAT IF THEY BAKE A KE, THEY’RE VLATG THEIR RELIGN; KIM DAVIS, THE ERNMENT CLERK WHO SAID THAT SIGNG A SECULAR MARRIAGE CERTIFITE WAS A RELIG ACT THAT SHE ULD NOT PERFORM.BUT THOSE STORI ARE A RED HERRG. THE MORE IMPORTANT S ARE ON LIKE HOSPALS REFG TO TREAT LGBT PEOPLE (OR THEIR CHILDREN), PHARMACI REFG TO FILL BIRTH NTROL PRCRIPTNS, BS REFG TO OFFER HEALTH BENEFS TO A SAME-SEX PARTNER, AND STATE-FUND ADOPTN AGENCI REFG TO PLACE KIDS WH GAY FAI. UNRNEATH THE RHETORIL BS, THAT’S WHAT FADA IS ALL ABOUT. FIRST, THE BILL APPLI TO ANY RPORATN, ANIZATN, OR PERSON WHO “BELIEV OR ACTS ACRDANCE WH A RELIG BELIEF OR MORAL NVICTN THAT MARRIAGE IS OR SHOULD BE REGNIZED AS THE UNN OF ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN, OR THAT SEXUAL RELATNS ARE PROPERLY RERVED TO SUCH A MARRIAGE.”NOTICE HOW BROAD THAT IS: ANY BS, AGENCY, OR DIVIDUAL, CLUDG ERNMENT EMPLOYE, HOSPALS, OR HUGE BS LIKE HOBBY LOBBY OR CHICK-FIL-A. OLD-AGE HOM AND HOSPIC THAT TURN AWAY GAY PEOPLE – Y, THIS HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED – ARE VERED. HOSPALS THAT REFE A SAME-SEX PARTNER VISATN RIGHTS – VERED. NATNAL HOTEL CHAS THAT REFE TO RENT ROOMS TO GAY UPL (OR UNMARRIED STRAIGHT ON) – VERED. AND NOTICE THAT APPLI NOT JT TO RELIG BELIEFS ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, BUT ALSO TO SEXUAL NDUCT GENERAL. TRANSLATN: NTRACEPTN, SEX TN, TREATMENT OF STDS – ALL OF THE ARE PART OF THE BILL. IF A NATNAL PHARMACY CHA WANTS TO REFE TO FILL PRCRIPTNS FOR THE “MORNG AFTER PILL,” IF A PANY WANTS TO FIRE SOMEONE FOR BEG PREGNANT OUT OF WEDLOCK OR BEG HIV POSIVE, IF A PUBLIC SCHOOL WANTS TO STOP TEACHG SEX ED – ALL VERED. AND FALLY, SCE “MORAL NVICTN” IS ADD THERE, DON’T MATTER THAT J NEVER MENTNED HEALTH SURANCE VERAGE. NO ACTUAL RELIG GROUNDS ARE NECSARY; JT SOME MORAL NVICTN THAT THE ONLY ALLOWABLE SEX IS SEX WH A HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE.WHAT DO “VERED” MEAN? ESSENTIALLY, FADA PROHIBS THE FERAL ERNMENT OM DOG ANYTHG ABOUT ANY OF THE ACTS. SPECIFILLY, LISTS REVOKG TAX EXEMPT STAT (AS DID FOR BOB JON UNIVERSY BEE OF S RACIST POLICI, THE SE THAT STARTED THE WHOLE “RELIG EEDOM” MOVEMENT) AND REFG ANY FERAL GRANT, NTRACT, OR CERTIFITN.BUT THEN THE BILL ADDS “OTHERWISE DISCRIMATE AGAST SUCH PERSON,” WHICH ACTUALLY MEANS ANYTHG AT ALL, SO LONG AS THE ERNMENT IS TAKG SOME ADVERSE ACTN. (“PERSON” CLUS PANI AND ANIZATNS, REMEMBER.) FOR EXAMPLE:- THE CURRENT ERNMENT POLICY REQUIRG FERAL NTRACTORS – 20% OF THE ENTIRE U.S. WORKFORCE – NOT TO DISCRIMATE AGAST LGBT PEOPLE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY REVOKED. CONTRACTORS N LEGALLY FIRE PEOPLE FOR BEG GAY (OR TRANSGENR).- A ERNOR N ORR THAT, HIS STATE, NO CLERK ANYWHERE MAY CERTIFY A SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, AND THE FERAL ERNMENT ULD DO NOTHG ABOUT .- IF A RTRANT OR HOTEL POSTS A SIGN SAYG “NO FAGGOTS ALLOWED,” FADA PROHIBS THE ERNMENT OM “DISCRIMATG” AGAST BY IATG AN ENFORCEMENT ACTN UNR PUBLIC ACMODATNS LAWS. GAY UPL MAY BE REFED HOTEL ROOMS ANYWHERE THE UNTRY.- IF A PANY REF TO LET A PERSON TAKE TIME OFF TO TAKE RE OF HER SAME-SEX PARTNER THE HOSPAL, THE ERNMENT NNOT PURSUE ANY ACTN UNR RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT LAWS.- IF A STATE-FUND ADOPTN AGENCY REF TO PLACE CHILDREN WH LEGALLY MARRIED SAME-SEX UPL, THE ERNMENT NNOT WHDRAW S NTRACTS WH THAT AGENCY. (THIS WAS A KEY REQUT BY CATHOLIC ADOPTN AGENCI, WHICH RECEIVE THE BULK OF THEIR FUNDG OM THE ERNMENT.)- AN EMPLOYEE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ULD REFE TO PROCS A CLAIM FOR SURVIVOR BENEFS FOR THE SAME-SEX SPOE OF A SERVICEMEMBER.- ALL SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSI N DISCRIMATE AGAST LGBT PEOPLE, REGARDLS OF TLE IX (AS LONG AS THEY LK THAT DISCRIMATN TO A VIEW ABOUT MARRIAGE, WHICH IS QUE EASY TO DO). UNIVERSI MAY TURN AWAY GAY APPLINTS, NY LGBT CLUBS, AND FIRE ALL GAY FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBERS, WH NO PENALTI OM THE FERAL ERNMENT.- ANY HOSPAL MAY REFE TO PROVI NTRACEPTN, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RE (CLUDG NSULTATNS OF ANY KD), OR HEALTH RE OF ANY KD TO UNMARRIED PEOPLE OR GAY PEOPLE, AND NOT LOSE ACCREDATN.- AND Y, HOWEVER UNLIKELY, YOUR BOSS ULD FIRE YOU FOR HAVG (STRAIGHT) PREMARAL SEX, AND NO FERAL AGENCY ULD E AFTER YOU.OH, AND THEN THERE’S THAT THIRD POT TO NSIR. FADA HAS ONE OF THE STRANGT “PRE-EMPTN” CLS OF ANY BILL I’VE EVER SEEN. NORMALLY, FERAL BILLS EHER PRE-EMPT STATE ON, OR HAVE A “NO PRE-EMPTN” CLSE, SAYG THAT STATE LAWS TAKE PRECENCE. FADA HAS SOME OF EACH, STATG THAT “NOTHG THIS ACT SHALL BE NSTED TO PREEMPT STATE LAW, OR REPEAL FERAL LAW, THAT IS EQUALLY OR MORE PROTECTIVE OF EE EXERCISE OF RELIG BELIEFS AND MORAL NVICTNS.”IN OTHER WORDS, IF A STATE HAS A NON-DISCRIMATN LAW AGAST GAY PEOPLE, FADA SUPERCES , PROHIBG ANY FERAL ACTN BASED ON THAT LAW. BUT IF A STATE HAS A LAW THAT PROTECTS THE RELIG PARTY MORE, FADA DON’T SUPERCE .UNR THAT LANGUAGE, STATE LEVEL ACTNS AGAST ANTI-GAY RPORATNS, ANIZATNS, AND DIVIDUALS WOULD NOT BE PROHIBED – BUT THE FERAL ERNMENT ULD OFFER NO ASSISTANCE, AND ED ULD NOT DO ANYTHG AT ALL, EVEN IF THE ANTI-GAY PARTY IS CLEAR VLATN OF STATE LAW. IN OTHER WORDS, STAT WH MORE PROTECTNS FOR WOMEN OR LGBT PEOPLE – YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN OUT THERE.OVERALL, FADA MAK LGBTS OFFICIALLY SEND-CLASS CIZENS OF THE UNED STAT – MORE LIKE THOSE ANTI-GAY UNTRI LIKE PUT’S RSIA. WE MAY BE FIRED, BARRED OM ENTRY, NIED SERVIC, NIED HEALTH RE, NIED TN, AND NIED LEGIMACY WAYS THAT STRAIGHT MARRIED PEOPLE (AND PROBABLY MOST STRAIGHT UNMARRIED PEOPLE) DO NOT. MY FULLY LEGAL MARRIAGE ISN’T WORTH THE PAPER ’S PRTED ON, BEE NO ONE ANYWHERE HAS TO RPECT , NOT EVEN A ERNMENT EMPLOYEE.AS YOU N SEE, FADA EFFECTIVELY OVERTURNS OBERGEFELL WHOUT ANYONE HAVG TO FILE A LAWSU, BEE CREAT A LOOPHOLE AS LARGE AS THE RIGHT TO MARRY SELF. ANY ERNOR, MAYOR, OR CLERK ULD PROFFER A “MORAL OBJECTN” TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, AND STOP ALL EMPLOYE UNR HIS OR HER THORY OM REGISTERG GAY UPL OR CERTIFYG GAY WEDDGS. AND EVEN ABSENT SUCH ACTN, ANY EMPLOYER OR BS N ACT AS THOUGH THE MARRIAGE SIMPLY DO NOT EXIST.BUT FADA GO MUCH FURTHER THAN MARRIAGE. IT ATTACKS UNMARRIED WOMEN, WHO MAY BE NIED HEALTH RE BY STATE HOSPALS, EMPLOYERS, AND SURANCE PANI. IT MAK IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE FERAL ERNMENT TO DO ANYTHG A HOST OF DISCRIMATORY SUATNS. IT TURNS BACK THE CLOCK NOT JT TWO YEARS, TO BEFORE OBERGEFELL, BUT TWENTY YEARS, TO A TIME WHEN SIMPLY BEG GAY WAS CRIMAL.AND HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE HOE, THE SENATE, AND THE PRINT-ELECT. JAY MICHAELSON

Polil CartoonsIn all, 17 Antch police officers have been named for sendg texts that discs falsifyg evince and beatg up spects, that make racist and homophobic remarks, or that e sexually explic language. WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the natn’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) civil rights anizatn, ppoted the dangero nsequenc of the so-lled First Amendment Defense Act (S. However, unr this Act, the feral ernment would be required to ntue to ntract wh a bs wh a rerd of discrimatory employment practic agast married gays and lbians if that employer ced their belief that same-sex marriage was wrong as a the reason for the discrimatn.

The Human Rights Campaign is Ameri’s largt civil rights anizatn workg to achieve lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr equaly. To expla why FADA is so vastatg and should not be re-troduced, Creatg a License to Discrimate: First Amendment Defense Act provis an analysis of the 2018 Senate draft of FADA and what uld mean for 10 ln lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people, along wh lns of others cludg women, sgle parents, unmarried upl, and children raised by LGBT parents and unmarried parents.

The more important s are on like hospals refg to treat LGBT people (or their children), pharmaci refg to fill birth ntrol prcriptns, bs refg to offer health benefs to a same-sex partner, and state-fund adoptn agenci refg to place kids wh gay fai. Old-age hom and hospic that turn away gay people – y, this has actually happened – are vered. Natnal hotel chas that refe to rent rooms to gay upl (or unmarried straight on) – vered.