“I didn’t need to be physically harmed to feel violated
Month: September 2017
Lawsuit Challenges Adoption Agencies’ Refusal To Place Children With Same-Sex Couples
Today two same-sex couples and a Michigan taxpayer filed suit in a Michigan federal district court challenging the state's practice of contracting out foster-care and adoptive placement to social service agencies that apply religious criteria in placing children. Statutes passed the state...
Michigan Civil Rights Commission Stymied In Effort To Issue Interpretive Opinion On Law’s Coverage
In June, Equality Michigan wrote the Michigan Civil Rights Commission asking it to issue an interpretative statement finding that the ban on sex discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations in Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act covers discrimination based on gender...
7 U.S. Senators Write Netanyahu Over Jewish Pluralism In Israel
As reported by JTA, on Monday seven U.S. senators (all of them Jewish) sent a letter (full text) to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing concern over Israeli governmental recognition of Orthodox Judaism over the more liberal branches of Judaism. Signed by Senators Wyden,...
Push factors
The BBC's Katy Watson speaks to Venezuelans who are leaving the country for Colombia. Source: http://bppro.link/?c=XXG
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