Inside the White House with Liz Landers
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On LGBTQ+ blessings and morality Leo was asked about the recent invitation by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich, for the priests and pastoral workers in his archdioceses to adopt a set of guidelines formalizing and ritualizing blessings of same-sex couples. The guidelines were approved last year by a ...
... family in Colorado, to overturn the ruling.The high court recently has backed other claims of religious discrimination while taking a more skeptical view of LGBTQ+ rights. The justices last month ruled against another law in Colorado that banned “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids after the measure was challenged by ...
Silueta X publishes an annual record of killings of LGBTQ+ people. Its first report in 2013 documented two killings and the numbers have risen every year. The 2025 publication reported 30 deaths, 21 of them trans women. From parents to advocates Amada told her parents that she was a girl ...
... as of February this year. That's 283 of the 532 recommended actions.Let's look at two of these examples. One of them, on LGBTQ front here, Project 2025 directed the NIH to fund studies on negative effects of gender-affirming care. One of the first things that the ...
... once again. That reverses an administration directive to remove it back in February, which drew fierce backlash. It also settles a high-profile lawsuit from LGBTQ+ groups and historic preservationists. The site is the first ever national monument commemorating LGBTQ+ history. Pending a judge's approval, the Pride Flag will ...
... undo much of the legislation that allowed Orbán to stack the courts, manipulate the electoral system, crack down on press freedom and discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community. Still, there are potential pitfalls that could stand in the way of the radical changes many Hungarians had hoped for. Historic win Magyar ...
... said. The Pride flag had become a flashpoint for arguments over President Donald Trump ’s approach to the Stonewall site — the first national monument commemorating LGBTQ+ history — and various other historical properties. After a yearslong campaign by activists who wanted the flag symbolizing LGBTQ+ pride to be flown daily inside ...
... a barrier on Hungary's southern border to block migrants from Africa and Asia who were moving northward through Europe. He and his party stifled LGBTQ+ rights, cracked down on freedom of the press and undermined judicial independence. Orbán cemented his power when his Fidesz party won enough seats in ...
... own words, an illiberal state based on national values, from fiscal conservatism pursuing state control in the economy, to crackdowns on immigration, and passing anti-LGBTQ laws, banning Pride events and same-sex marriage,. Orban has been accused by the European Union and human rights organizations of dismantling democratic institutions ...
... Orbán’s candidacy for reelection, and many in the Make America Great Again movement approve of the Hungarian leader's opposition to immigration, curtailing of LGBTQ+ rights, and capture of the media and academia. But with most independent polls showing a double-digit deficit for Fidesz among decided voters ahead ...
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