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Bishops Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Allow Employers to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Workers

October 15, 2019/17 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty /by Melissa Feito

Key bishops in the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have released a statement commenting on three cases which involved LGBTQ civil rights that the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for last week. Read More

Catholics Central in LGBTQ, Religious Liberty Cases Before U.S. Supreme Court This Term

October 8, 2019/1 Comment/in Employment Issues, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Are LGBTQ people protected from discrimination under federal law or not? This question is central to three LGBTQ-focused cases that U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments for today. While none of these cases directly involve Catholic plaintiffs or defendants, Catholics remain central to important cases involving LGBTQ issues and religious liberty that the Court will consider this term. Read More

Catholic Agency Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court for Right to Refuse Services to LGBTQ Clients

July 24, 2019/4 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A Catholic social services agency has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that the agency may, as a religious organization, be exempted from non-discrimination laws and refuse services to LGBTQ clients under the First Amendment. Read More

India’s Cardinal Supported Striking Down Gay Ban Before the Court Did

September 11, 2018/2 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Last week's wonderful news that India's Supreme Court decriminalized consensual sex between adults, in effect decriminalizing lesbian and gay relations, has rightly been received by accolades from around the globe. The only religious leader in India who spoke out for the rights of these sexual minorities was Cardinal Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay Read More

Navigating the Difficult Passage Between Conscience and Justice

July 20, 2018/2 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Uncategorized /by Cristina Traina

Responses to the Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop decision are generating a library’s worth of commentary,... Read More

In Masterpiece Case, Engage the Complexity without Denying People’s Dignity

December 13, 2017/3 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

How should Catholics approach the legal case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission about which oral arguments were heard by the U.S. Supreme Court last week? John Gehring of Faith in Public Life said the answer to this question is nuanced, but clear. Read More

Sr. Jeannine Gramick, 1,300 Faith Leaders File Brief in LGBT Non-Discrimination Court Case

December 5, 2017/6 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Though conservatives claim this case is about religious liberty, some 1,300 faith leaders have spoken out saying it is really about anti-LGBT discrimination. Read More

Bishops Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Allow Employers to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Workers

Catholics Central in LGBTQ, Religious Liberty Cases Before U.S. Supreme Court This Term

India’s Cardinal Supported Striking Down Gay Ban Before the Court Did

Navigating the Difficult Passage Between Conscience and Justice

In Masterpiece Case, Engage the Complexity without Denying People’s Dignity

Sr. Jeannine Gramick, 1,300 Faith Leaders File Brief in LGBT Non-Discrimination Court Case

CATHOLIC LGBT HISTORY: Hawaii Bishop Raises $$$ to Oppose Marriage Equality

Final Installment of Catholic Responses to Supreme Court Marriage Equality Ruling

Orthodox Catholic Offers Important Lesson for LGBT Supporters

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