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Month: July 2018
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These businesses don’t want your money if you’re LGBT, married or not.
Thanks to the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the conversation around religious liberty and LGBT rights in the United States has been focused mostly onwedding services in recent months: Should bakers be able to cite religion in order to deny wedding cakes to same-sex couples? Can florists refuse to arrange flowers? What about stationery shops?
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‘Beyond I Do’ campaign pushes boundaries for LGBT equality.
Mega-donor Tim Gill has become one of the nation’s leading philanthropists for LGBTQ causes, spending tens of millions of dollars from his software-company fortune. One of his priorities now is to move beyond “the easy states” and build new alliances in Republican-controlled states that could pave the way for non-discrimination laws.
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Utah couple opens their home, hearts to LGBTQ people.
A Provo family has made their home a sort-of sanctuary for members of the LGBTQ community, especially for those who need something to eat and a place where they can escape from suicidal thoughts. Provo family has made their home a sort of sanctuary for members of the LGBTQ community, especially…
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Episcopal Church says all same-sex couples can now marry in their home churches.
The Episcopal Church removed restrictions on same-sex marriage Friday, making it so all couples can wed where they worship. While they are already permitted across much of the Episcopal Church, the bishops in Middle Tennessee and seven other U.S. dioceses had not permitted religious wedding ceremonies for gay and lesbian couples in their regions of the church…
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Retirement communities turn their sights on LGBT seniors.
In 2016, as Kenneth MacLean was about to turn 90 and was looking to move to a retirement community, he had a question for Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Md. “I asked, ‘Would there be many gays here? Would gays be welcomed?’ ” MacLean, a retired Unitarian minister, wanted to be sure his partner of 22 years…
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