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Gay Employee Wins Suit Against CRS for Denial of Health Benefits for Husband

The case is seen as putting limits on religious exemptions for employment discrimination laws.  Read More

Catholic Relief Services’ Defense of Discrimination Helps Gut Maryland LGBTQ+ Protections

This week, Bondings 2.0 is featuring series on ways in which some Catholics and their allies are using the U.S. legal system to stop and even rollback LGBTQ+ rights. Today's post about a court ruling in a church-related employment discrimination lawsuit. Read More

U.S. Court Finds Catholic Relief Services Discriminated Against LGBTQ+ Employee

A U.S. judge has ruled that Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the U.S. bishops' international humanitarian agency, violated multiple laws when the organization discriminated against an employee in a same-gender marriage by withholding health insurance from his husband. Read More

Catholic Relief Services Yields to Right Wing Attack as Gay Employee Resigns

A Catholic Relief Services (CRS) employee has resigned amid controversy over his same-gender marriage, prompting a response from the U.S. bishops' international aid organization that ultimately encourages anti-gay activists' harm to LGBT church workers and the church at large. Read More

Sister Jeannine Gramick Meets Cardinal Turkson at University Conference

Editor’s Note:  Sister Jeannine Gramick will take part in a public conversation on marriage equality this... Read More