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View items...NM Couple Sues for Gay Marriage
Sunday, 28 April 201304/17/13 ... In New Mexico, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two lesbian couples, arguing that denying marriage licenses to gay couples violates their rights to equal protection. Opponents are concerned partly about the effect on religious liberties, such as for Elane Photography, which was recently found to violate discrimination law for refusing to photograph a lesbian commitment ceremony.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-18/new-mexico-gay-marriage-lawsuit-may-end-couple-s-decade-in-limbo.html
Part 5: It Really is About Confidentiality and Trust in the Investigation
Friday, 26 April 2013 Written by Theresa Lynn Sidebotham
In your hypothetical, there is already a lack of mutual trust. Tom and Sally are seen as being perpetual complainers. And your mission leader isn’t consistent. He “usually” investigates and doesn’t have a methodical approach. So what do complainants have the right to know about the progress of an investigation and what is the effect of trust issues with leadership? Read More→
Lots of People Comment on the Contraceptive Mandate
Wednesday, 17 April 201304/08/13 ... Supporters of the contraceptive mandate filed nearly 350,000 comments, encouraged by a coalition of Planned Parenthood and the National Women's Law Center.
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/292411-supporters-file-nearly-350000-comments-on-contraception-mandate-
04/05/13 ... Twenty-two Catholic colleges and higher education programs submitted a memo to the Obama administration, asserting religious freedom, and rejecting the administration's Feb. 1 rulemaking. They asked for a more complete religious exemption.
http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CatholicEducationDaily/DetailsPage/tabid/102/ArticleID/2120/Catholic-Colleges-Tell-Obama-Administration-HHS-Mandate-Continues-to-Violate-Religious-Freedom.aspx
04/11/13 ... A flood of comments also expressed concern with the religious freedom and conscience issues of the mandate.
http://links.heritage.org/hostedemail/email.htm?CID=15222063112&ch=960D028EF67D8980ECFA5E7D0A919DF4&h=a8e5eee7df04d17f2b36bd702d7b77fb&ei=sTjXP86SN
Teacher Filed EEOC Complaint After Being Fired
Wednesday, 17 April 201304/12/13 ... A substitute teacher shared a Bible with a student who asked repeatedly about the origin of an interesting quote, "So the last will be first, and the first will be last." The teacher was fired and has filed a religious discrimination complaint with the EEOC.
http://crossmap.christianpost.com/news/teacher-fired-for-giving-a-bible-to-a-student-claims-religious-discrimination-with-the-eeoc-2266
Kansas RFRA Passes
Wednesday, 17 April 201304/10/13 ... Governor Brownback signed into law the Kansas Preservation of Religious Freedom Act, which offers many protections for religious liberty at the state level that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act made available at the federal level.
http://www.hayspost.com/2013/04/10/governor-signs-kansas-preservation-of-religious-freedom-act/
http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2013/04/kansas-governor-signs-preservation-of.html
Subpoenas and Other Mandate Developments
Monday, 08 April 201303/29/13 ... The Tenth Circuit is granting Hobby Lobby an en banc hearing in its HHS mandate case.
http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2013/03/10th-circuit-grants-hobby-lobby-en-banc.html
04/04/13 ... American Manufacturing Company received a preliminary injunction to protect it from enforcement of the HHS mandate.
http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/04/04/mo-federal-court-halts-obamacare-contraception-mandate-as-applied-to-american-manufacturing-company/
04/05/13 ... The Catholic Church has subpoenaed White House documents about the HHS mandate, and the White House is fighting hard to avoid the subpoena.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/06/us-usa-courts-obama-idUSBRE93500120130406?goback=.gde_3734436_member_229771103