NPR's Ari Shapiro talks wh Currey Cook of Lambda Legal, the gay rights group that wrote a iend-of-the-urt brief the LGBTQ rights se which the Supreme Court sid wh relig eedom.
Contents:
- WHEN GAY RIGHTS CLASH WH RELIG FREEDOM
- GAY RIGHTS, RELIGN AND WHAT’S WRONG WH PRCIPL
- RELIG FREEDOM VS. GAY RIGHTS: CAN WE ALL GET ALONG?
- RELIG EEDOM VS. GAY RIGHTS. WHAT’S HAPPENG 10 STAT
WHEN GAY RIGHTS CLASH WH RELIG FREEDOM
* religious freedom vs gay rights *
Supreme Court Sis Wh Relig Freedom In High Profile LGBTQ Rights Case NPR's Ari Shapiro talks wh Currey Cook of Lambda Legal, the gay rights group that wrote a iend-of-the-urt brief the LGBTQ rights se which the Supreme Court sid wh relig eedom. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks wh Currey Cook of Lambda Legal, the gay rights group that wrote a iend-of-the-urt brief the LGBTQ rights se which the Supreme Court sid wh relig eedom.
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Supreme Court today led a se that pted relig eedom agast gay rights, and the jtic unanimoly sid wh the relig group, Catholic Social Servic. Currey Cook is wh the gay rights group Lambda Legal, which wrote a iend-of-the-urt brief the se. But that one, the jtic favored relig eedom over gay rights, sidg wh a baker who refed to make a ke for a same-sex uple.
GAY RIGHTS, RELIGN AND WHAT’S WRONG WH PRCIPL
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RELIG FREEDOM VS. GAY RIGHTS: CAN WE ALL GET ALONG?
Why do supporters of relig eedom and advot of gay rights often seem to talk past each other?
This year, the jtic approved taxpayer support for relig tn some circumstanc and let relig employers sistep job discrimatn laws and health surance verage for urt refed to let employers discrimate agast LGBTQ workers a 6-3 lg June, but even then Associate Jtice Neil Gorsuch reerated the jtic' rpect for relig Court grants feral job protectns to gay, lbian, transgenr workers"We are also eply ncerned wh prervg the promise of the ee exercise of relign enshred our Constutn, " he wrote.
RELIG EEDOM VS. GAY RIGHTS. WHAT’S HAPPENG 10 STAT
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Advot for foster children also note that a large number of children needg foster re are gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr, makg illogil to exclu LGBTQ upl om the program. "Welch, who grew up a nservative, Christian home, said the foster re system also needs fai which gay, lbian or transgenr children would be wele.
Democrats claimed her associatn wh groups that fight for relig exemptns om anti-discrimatn laws reprents a risk for gay Coney Barrett was tstee at private school wh anti-gay policiFor her part, Barrett scribed her fah as important, but irrelevant to her jurispnce. WASHINGTON – A unanimo Supreme Court led Thursday that a Catholic foster re agency Philalphia may turn away gay and lbian upl as clients, a victory for nservativ wh the potential to shift the balance between LGBTQ rights and the First Amendment's protectn of relig exercise.