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State law meant to block LGBT rights ordinances is unconstitutional, article says

A legal analysis by the NYU College of Global Public Health in the December issue of the American Journal of Public Health concludes that the Arkansas law that prohibits local LGBT non-discrimination ordinances is unconstitutional.
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Sen. Trent Garner's fight for discrimination against gay people

The Democrat-Gazette today wrote about a topic, I've been trying to ignore. That is Sen. Trent Garner's latest publicity stunt, a "sermon protection" law that copies demagoguery pioneered in Texas.
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Arkansas Supreme Court orders gender neutral treatment of parents on birth certificates

As ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court, a fractured Arkansas Supreme Court today ordered that same-sex couples must be treated the same as opposite-sex couples in the issuance of birth certificates.

Judge orders state to provide information, legislative testimony in Fayetteville civil rights suit

Circuit Judge Doug Martin of Fayetteville has issued a formal order that quashes a state effort to block requests for information and sworn testimony from legislators and other state officials about the motivation behind the state law that prohibits cities from enacting local ordinances that extend civil rights protection to gay people.
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Trump wisdom: Pence could be worse

Substantive objections to Donald Trump as president are numerous, but this New Yorker account of his own assessment of vice president Mike Pence illustrates the downside — Pence could be worse. He'd almost certainly be more effective working with Congress, another point against ousting Trump to get Pence

Supreme Court asked to block Mississippi gay discrimination law

Human rights advocates today announced an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to block enforcement of a Mississippi law that allows businesses to refuse serve to gay people. It could have application in Arkansas, where law also protects discrimination against gay people.
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Trump governance: A dirty business but not necessarily harmful to Trump

The litany of Trump administration horrors continues to grow, but the real horror is that he might be on a path to re-election to another four-year term. Or so says a political strategist of the Clinton era.

Jeff Sessions moves to support LGBT discrimination

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has put out guidelines on discrimination against LGBT people that seem to create a sweeping claim of protection for discrimination.
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ACLU's fight to hold Arkansas accountable on gay rights

Rita Sklar, executive director of the Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, has written an update on the ACLU's defense of a Fayetteville civil rights ordinance that expands anti-discrimination protection to LGBTQ people in employment, housing and public accommodations. Noteworthy: State resistance to accountability in the lawsuit.

Legislators must give testimony in Fayetteville rights case UPDATE

Interim word from the hearing in Circuit Court in Fayetteville in which the ACLU and others are challenging the constitutionality of the state law that prevents cities from adopting civil rights ordinances to protect gay people.
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Justice Department attacks equal rights for gay people

The Trump administration didn't just go after transgender people in the military yesterday. His Justice Department attacked equal protection under employment law for gay people.

Arkansas gay rights case triggers debate on Chief Justice Roberts

Did Chief Justice John Roberts endorse the unsigned U.S. Supreme Court decision that held Arkansas was treating same-sex parents unconstitutionally in issuing birth certificates?
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