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... to identity markers on passports. William Brangham has an update on these actions, the legal challenges to them, and what may come next. William Brangham: LGBTQ+ advocates say that many of President Trump's policies present a critical threat to the roughly 1 percent of Americans, that is some 2 ...
... style than substance. Most U.S. Catholic bishops are reliably conservative on social issues, but some — like Coakley — place more emphasis on opposing abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. The slate reflects “the dynamics of the American hierarchy in that it’s split down the middle,” said David Gibson, director of Fordham ...
... Frank financial reforms in the aftermath of the Great Recession and a repeal of the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy against LGBTQ service members. With President Barack Obama in the White House and Democratic Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada leading the Senate, the 2009-10 session ...
... health care, which Trump has struggled to control. In addition to tacking to the middle on economic issues, Spanberger and Sherrill downplayed their support for progressive priorities, including LGBTQ rights and resistance against Trump's attack on American institutions. Spanberger rarely even mentioned Trump's name on the campaign trail.
... last year. Tuesday could be a key indicator of whether they're right. Both Sherrill and Spanberger have downplayed their support for progressive priorities, including LGBTQ rights and resistance against Trump's attack on American institutions. Spanberger rarely even mentions Trump's name on the campaign trail. Both also have ...
... Gafcon, says it’s forming a new structure, although it claims it represents the historic Anglican Communion in a “reordered” form. Its statement denounced the LGBTQ-affirming stances of some parts of the Anglican Communion as precipitating the break, a reference to positions taken by the Church of England and ...
... Japan's first female prime minister is epoch-making, but (Takaichi) casts a dark cloud over gender equality and sexual minority rights," Soshi Matsuoka, a LGBTQ+ rights activist, said. "Prime Minister Takaichi's views on gender and sexuality are extremely conservative and could be a serious setback for the rights ...
... t swing. And so that was one of the things explained in the book. Geoff Bennett: You were the pivotal voice in cases that expanded LGBTQ rights, that preserved abortion rights at the time, but also a ruling that struck down campaign finance restrictions. How do you reconcile or explain ...
... driving force in the church against same-sex marriage and in upholding a teaching that homosexuality is a sin — a position that causes uneasiness among LGBTQ+ members and their allies. He said in 2022 that social and legal pressure would not influence the church to change its posture on same ...
... tester. Saul Zabar was 97 years old.Still to come on the "NewsHour": the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on the controversial practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth; soybean farmers feel the financial pain of tariffs on China; and a new book on the growing distrust of science.
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