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10 04, 2019

Mike Huckabee Says Gay Rights A Threat to America’s Morality

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-31T16:07:11-07:00April 10th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, arkansas lgbt politics, Civil Rights Division, gay rights a threat to America's morality, lgbt politics, LGBTQ civil rights, Mike Huckabee, same-sex marriage, U.S Supreme Court|

WASHINGTON, D.C — (04-10-19) — Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee claims that Gay rights are a threat to America's morality. That's what he told The Christian Post conservative news site. Huckabee says that LGBTQ equality is the “greatest threat” to America’s moral fiber. The former low ratings talk show host and father of White House [...]

22 10, 2018

Trump’s Proposal To Eliminate Trans Rights Trigger Mass Protests

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-31T16:07:12-07:00October 22nd, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Civil Rights Division, GLAAD, Lambda Lgal, lgbt politics, lgbtq assault, LGBTQ protections, LGBTQ rights, Mara Keisling, National Center for Transgender Equality, NCTE, New York Times, trans rights, Trump administration|

WASHINGTON, D.C — (10-22-18) — President Trump is proposing to eliminate Trans rights. After being reported by the New York Times over the weekend, mass protests immediately took place. “We will be here long after this administration is in the trash heap,” said NCTE’s Mara Keisling on Monday. Word went viral over the Trump administration's [...]

27 02, 2018

Court Rules Civil Rights Act Protects Gay Workers, Defeating Trump’s Anti-LGBT Agenda

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-31T16:05:11-07:00February 27th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: 11th Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, civil liberties, Civil Rights Act, Civil Rights Division, department of justice, Donald Trump, Donald Zarda, gay politics, Jeff Sessions, Judge Robert Katzman, lgbt politics, LGBTQ protections, politics, president trump, Protects Gay Workers, U.S court of appeals, Workplace Discrimination Law|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals handed the Trump administration another defeat as the judges voted 10 to 3 on Monday that the Civil Rights Act protects gay and bisexual workers from sexual orientation discrimination. The ruling is a stunning defeat for the anti-LGBT Trump administration and its mouth [...]

12 10, 2017

Apple, Google, Microsoft and More Urge Supreme Court to Here Gay Rights Case

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-31T16:09:17-07:00October 12th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Airbnb, American Airlines, Apple, Atlanta, BASF, civil rights act 1964, Civil Rights Division, Deutsche Bank, Facebook, Google, Levi Strauss, LGBT discrimination, LGBT workplace protections, MasterCard, Microsoft, Salesforce, sex discrimination, tech companies defend LGBT rights, Title VII, Uber|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON, DC - Apple, Google and Microsoft are just a few of the major technology companies that are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case of alleged employment discrimination simply on the basis of sexual orientation. According to the Amicus brief which is a submission by parties not [...]

6 10, 2017

Sessions Outlines Plan for Eliminating Gay Rights, LGBT Discrimination in Broad Exemptions for Religious Freedom

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-31T16:09:20-07:00October 6th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: anti-lgbt, broad exemptions religious freedom, Civil Rights Division, Gay Rights, health care, Jeff Sessions, LGBT discrimination, political action|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON D.C — Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues on his never ending quest to roll back all of the progress made by the LGBT community over the past few years by issuing government-wide legal guidance that urges sweeping protection for religious freedom that could impact a huge amount of pending [...]

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