Dec 05, 2017 · WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared divided down the middle Tuesday over a Colorado baker’s refusal to design a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, the latest test in the continuing legal battle between gay rights and religious expression. In one of the most animated oral arguments the high
Updated, May 14, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill Tuesday that legalizes gay marriage, making the state the 12th to do so.
A Kansas church known for denouncing gay rights around the country brought their protest to an Alamo elementary college Tuesday, but they were met by dozens of counter-protesters who stood up for LGBT rights.
Mar 14, 2018 · JACKSON, MI – About thirty people on Sunday walked through Jackson calling for the resignation of Jackson County Sheriff Steven Rand, the subject of a pending lawsuit alleging he is a “multifaceted bigot.” “Racist, sexist, anti-gay, Sheriff Rand must go away,” they chanted. Men and women held signs
Despite South Africa’s strong constitutional protections for human rights, public confidence in the government’s willingness to tackle human rights violations, corruption and respect for the rule of law has eroded.
A beach-side television broadcast at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast has been hijacked by Aboriginal land rights protesters.
A protest (also called a remonstrance, remonstration or demonstration) is an expression of bearing witness on behalf of an express cause by words or actions with regard to particular events, policies or situations.
Quasi-Constitutional Lawyer August 15, 2017 at 9:31 pm. It used to be that people made the argument that state legislatures could constrict free speech to their hearts’ content, precisely on the grounds you identify: that the First Amendment, and the rest of the Bill of Rights, only covers Congress, and not the states.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) social movements are social movements that advocate for the equalized acceptance of LGBT+ people in society. In these movements, LGBT people and their allies have a long history of campaigning for what is now generally called “LGBT rights”, sometimes also called “gay rights” or “gay …
Protests in the 1960s. These movements include the civil rights movement, the student movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the women’s movement, the gay rights movement, and the environmental movement.
