Blog of Rights

Twelve More Lawsuits, Still No Case

By Sarah Lipton-Lubet, Washington Legislative Office at 12:55pm
Every few weeks, opponents of birth control manage to garner some media attention by objecting – again – to the federal contraceptive coverage rule, which ... Read More

Resolution Introduced in House to Condemn NYPD Muslim Spying

By Mitra Ebadolahi, National Security Project at 1:39pm
Yesterday, Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) introduced a resolution — the first of its kind — condemning the New York Police Department's unjustified ... Read More

More Anti-Muslim Training Materials Uncovered

By Devon Chaffee, Washington Legislative Office at 7:16pm
This morning, Danger Room’s Spencer Ackerman continued to shock readers by exposing some of the most vehemently anti-Muslim training documents used by the U.S. ... Read More

Anti-Gay Pandering Cannot Stop Historic Momentum for LGBT Rights

By Ian S. Thompson, Washington Legislative Office at 4:10pm
What an amazing and historic week it has been for the cause of gay rights. On Wednesday, for the first time in our country’s history, a sitting President ... Read More

New Call for Internal DOJ Investigation of FBI’s Targeting of Religious and Ethnic Groups for Intel Gathering

By Ateqah Khaki, ACLU at 3:02pm
Today we sent a letter to the Department of Justice Inspector General asking him to investigate the FBI’s improper collection of intelligence about American ... Read More

White House Should Focus on the Constitution, Not the Bible

By Dena Sher, Washington Legislative Office at 2:41pm
Last week, it was reported that the president of the American Bible Society is meeting with Joshua DuBois, the head of the President's Office of Faith-Based and ... Read More

Just Say "No" to "Don't Say Gay"

By Amanda Goad, LGBT Project & Anna Ziering, LGBT Project at 2:11pm
For a while, it looked as if Tennessee legislators had come to their senses and backed off the bill popularly known as "Don't Say Gay." Unfortunately, the ... Read More

BREAKING – Obama Administration Endorses Student Non-Discrimination Act

By Ian S. Thompson, Washington Legislative Office at 5:13pm
SNDA is a necessary federal legislative solution to the serious problem of anti-LGBT discrimination and harassment in our nation's public schools. Read More

Singling Us Out: NYPD's Spying on Muslim Americans Creates Fear and Distrust

My fellow students describe censoring themselves in classes to avoid saying anything that might be taken as controversial or out of the mainstream. Read More

A Look at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

By Dena Sher, Washington Legislative Office at 12:31pm
In 1998, Congress created the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to draw attention to violations of religious freedom in other countries. The ... Read More