Religious rights: US Supreme Court to deliver answer in mailman’s case
JESSICA GRESKO, of Associated Press, reports on the case of Gerald Groff…
In the US, Texas judge rules religious businesses exempt from LGBTQ bias claims
RNS For-profit businesses with sincerely held religious beliefs are exempt from LGBTQ discrimination liability under a decision this week by a federal judge in Texas. The ruling om Sunday came in response to the US Supreme Court’s 2020 landmark ruling in Bostock v Clayton County, Georgia, which held that LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination […]
In the US, religious right laments Supreme Court ruling but sees opportunities
Washington DC, USAP The Supreme Court’s decision shielding LGBT people from employment discrimination dealt a blow to religious conservatives – and was penned by a justice they lauded after his nomination by President Donald Trump. The court ruled six to three on Monday that prohibitions against sex-based job discrimination established in the Civil Rights Act […]
US Supreme Court rules that federal law protects LGBTQ persons from employment discrimination
RNS The US Supreme Court ruled that LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act on Monday in a landmark opinion that makes employment discrimination against LGBTQ persons illegal in all 50 states and has important implications for religious organisations. “An employer who fires an individual merely for […]