WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear three cases that surround the question of whether or not employers, including Christian business owners, are prohibited under federal civil rights law from firing workers due to their “sexual orientation” or “gender identity.” The law has historically been interpreted as barring discrimination against women, but […]
WASHINGTON — The United States Commission on Civil Rights has sent a letter to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), urging the entity to rescind the decision not to allow the popular fast food chain Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. Commissioner Peter Kirsanow sent the letter on Monday to […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The popular fast food chain Chick-fil-A has now been banned from a second airport following word just last month that the city council of San Antonio, Texas had voted to exclude the company from a food vendor contract. Food court contractor Delaware North has now also decided to keep Chick-fil-A out of […]
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The city council of San Antonio, Texas has voted to exclude the popular fast food chain Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant at the San Antonio International Airport, stating that “we do not have room in our public facilities for a business with a legacy of anti-LGBTQ behavior.” According to reports, on […]
Kimberly-Clark’s toilet paper brand Cottonelle is the latest to use homosexuality in promotional advertising, as one of the commercials in its recently-released “DownThereCare” series centers on advising a man to give himself a “confidence boost” in meeting his partner’s parents for the first time. “Down there, because today you meet the parents,” the 15-second advertisement states. […]
DENVER, Co. — The Colorado attorney general’s office announced on Tuesday that it will drop its action against Christian bakery owner Jack Phillips, and Phillips has consequently agreed to dismiss his lawsuit against the entity. The State had initially concluded that a complainant had standing against Phillips after he declined to make a cake for […]
“He’s Pat. He’s Andy. They’re going on a blind date at their local Walmart to see if love is in the aisle,” states a controversial video recently posted to social media by mega-retailer Walmart. The Facebook post is one of three “Love Is in the Aisle” videos released by Walmart in February, which depict single shoppers […]
RUSSIAVILLE, Ind. — An accountant in Indiana is under criticism after she told a lesbian client that she cannot file her taxes jointly as “married” due to her Christian convictions. According to reports, Nancy Fivecoate of Carter Tax Service has served homosexual clients for years and continues to do so. She has specifically prepared tax returns […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A federal judge nominated to the bench by then-President George H.W. Bush has dismissed a lawsuit against a Christian retirement village that denied an application from two lesbian women due to its longstanding Bible-based cohabitation policy that only allows married men and women or siblings to share a dwelling. Attorneys for […]
WASHINGTON — A restaurant in the nation’s capital has agreed to a settlement that includes the payment of $7,000 in penalties and legal costs after the attorney general of Washington, D.C. found the eatery guilty of discrimination against a man who identifies as a woman. According to a press release from the office of D.C. […]