Tag: LGBT Issues

Using the state to effectively hold a business owner at gunpoint is bullying, pure and simple. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

A Supreme Court ruling for the gay couple in wedding cake case would set gay rights back

Casey Given · December 7, 2017 10:05 pm

President Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital Wednesday and instructed the State Department to begin the multiyear process of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city. His decision could have deep repercussions across the region. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

The UK should follow Trump’s lead and move the British embassy to Jerusalem

Michael Fabricant MP · December 7, 2017 9:44 pm

The motion filed late Wednesday in federal district court in Washington, D.C., requests a decision on the request by Monday, and if granted, it could allow the Pentagon to again delay bringing new transgender troops into the services. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

National Security

Trump administration seeks court order blocking transgender military recruiting on Jan. 1

Travis J. Tritten · December 7, 2017 3:04 pm

âI believe that he believes the Bible and what the Bible has to say is something his opponent wants to criminalize." (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Roy Moore spokesperson dodges questions on Moore’s homosexuality stances

Diana Stancy Correll · December 7, 2017 2:43 am

David Ermold says he's running for Rowan County Clerk to "restore professional leadership, fairness, and responsibility to the clerk's office." (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

Gay man denied marriage license by Kim Davis will run against her in 2018

Kara Zupkus · December 6, 2017 9:15 pm

Kennedy's comments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission appear to side somewhat with the baker's argument on free speech and free exercise. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Liberals are freaking out that Justice Anthony Kennedy might not be their Supreme Court savior after all

Nicole Russell · December 6, 2017 4:36 pm

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in the case of a Colorado cake artist Jack Phillips, accused of engaging in sexual orientation discrimination under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act when he refused to designed a custom cake celebrating the same-sex marriage of Charlie Craig and David Mullins. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

A piece of cake for the Supreme Court

Washington Examiner · December 6, 2017 5:01 am

Today at the Supreme Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy did not seem to be satisfied with the arguments made by the state of Colorado in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Transcript: Supreme Court hears same-sex wedding cake case

Washington Examiner Staff · December 5, 2017 8:26 pm

The justices heard oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop's fight against the Colorado Civil Rights Commission on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Cake maker blasts Colorado law at the Supreme Court: ‘That is not freedom. That is not tolerance.’

Melissa Quinn · December 5, 2017 6:35 pm

"While reviewing legal options with the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense is taking steps to be prepared to initiate accessions of transgender applicants for military service on January 1, 2018, per recent court orders," Pentagon spokesman Maj. Dave Eastburn told the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

National Security

Pentagon preparing for transgender recruiting on Jan. 1

Travis J. Tritten · December 5, 2017 5:22 pm

The justices in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission will look to decide the constitutionality of Colorado's public accommodations law forcing cake baker Jack Phillips to create speech that defies his religious beliefs by making a cake for a same-sex wedding. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Same-sex wedding cake battle hits the Supreme Court Tuesday

Ryan Lovelace · December 5, 2017 5:01 am

Tudor's application was denied, despite recommendations by tenured faculty members to grant Tudor tenure. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)

Transgender professor awarded $1.1 million after being denied tenure

Isaiah Denby · November 29, 2017 8:08 pm