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Showing posts with label lesbian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lesbian. Show all posts
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Monday, October 18, 2021
Lesbian sues federal government after being rejected by foster agency
…Easter is suing the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the Administration for Children and Families and its Office of Refugee Resettlement. She and her legal counsel allege that HHS, "by sanctioning and enabling discrimination and favoring certain religious beliefs," is violating the First and Fifth Amendments.
"By preventing children under their care and custody from being placed in homes of LGBTQ people based on USCCB's religious beliefs, the Defendants — through USCCB and its subgrantees — not only discriminate against LGBTQ people, but also effectively disregard the non-Catholic identities and beliefs of many of the unaccompanied refugee children for whom they are responsible," the lawsuit states. "This conduct potentially increases those children's alienation and vulnerability, while denying them access to loving homes that could serve them best — all at federal taxpayers' expense."…
Sunday, March 24, 2019
Supreme Court rejects Hawaii B&B that refused to serve lesbian couple - NBC News
The justices declined to hear a challenge to a lower court ruling that found the B&B owner violated a state anti-discrimination law by turning away the couple...
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/supreme-court-rejects-hawaii-b-b-refused-serve-lesbian-couple-n984376
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/supreme-court-rejects-hawaii-b-b-refused-serve-lesbian-couple-n984376
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Catholic school denies entry to lesbian couple's children because marriage is "between a man and a woman" - Metro Weekly
A Catholic priest denied a lesbian couple’s children from attending his private school due to their homosexual marriage.
The Charlotte Observer reports that the mothers (who wished to remain anonymous) applied to St. Francis Catholic School in Hilton Head Island, S.C., this spring, but subsequently received a rejection email. When one of the mothers called the priest, Rev. Mike Oenbrink, to question why her children were denied, he told her: “Your children have been denied because you’re homosexual. If we admit your children, it will send a bad message to the other families.”...
The Charlotte Observer reports that the mothers (who wished to remain anonymous) applied to St. Francis Catholic School in Hilton Head Island, S.C., this spring, but subsequently received a rejection email. When one of the mothers called the priest, Rev. Mike Oenbrink, to question why her children were denied, he told her: “Your children have been denied because you’re homosexual. If we admit your children, it will send a bad message to the other families.”...
Sunday, February 25, 2018
‘Why aren’t you married?’: In China, gay men and lesbians pair off to keep parents off their backs -- The Washington Post
During the Lunar New Year, gay men and lesbians pair off to ward off parental pressure. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pretending-to-be-straight-for-chinas-lunar-new-year-homecoming/2018/02/15/dc4caa3e-0fc7-11e8-827c-5150c6f3dc79_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pretending-to-be-straight-for-chinas-lunar-new-year-homecoming/2018/02/15/dc4caa3e-0fc7-11e8-827c-5150c6f3dc79_story.html
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