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... 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.
... courts, we hear from the governor of Oregon. After agreeing to some parts of a peace plan, Hamas negotiates with Israel for an end to the devastating war in Gaza. Plus, the Supreme Court prepares to take up a case on the controversial practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth.
... such bans in the past, but as Stephanie Sy reports, this case is being heard against a backdrop of intensifying cultural and political debates around LGBTQ rights. A warning, this story discusses topics of suicide. ... Geoff Bennett: The U.S. Supreme Court began a new term today marking the first ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday began a new term that will have a sharp focus on President Donald Trump's robust assertion of executive power. Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda. On Tuesday, the justices will hear arguments over ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed to lean in favor of a Christian counselor challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights. Listen in the player above. Kaley Chiles, with support from President Donald Trump’s administration ...
... a state senator in Texas issued a list of 850 books to be removed from school shelves. And they were mainly targeting books that had LGBTQ characters, race, and sexuality. And I then learned about a small group of librarians in Texas calling themselves the Freedom Fighters, who were speaking ...
... of what is speech and what is conduct, but this is also the latest in a series of cases involving religious people and speech and LGBTQ people. We had two cases earlier involving the man who didn't want to make a cake for same-sex weddings, the woman who ...
... s "Forever" and Jennifer Niven's "Breathless," and numerous works by Sarah J. Maas and Jodi Picoult. Reasons often cited for pulling a book include LGBTQ+ themes, depictions of race and passages with violence and sexual violence. An ongoing trend that PEN finds has only intensified: Thousands of books were ...
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