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Jan 16, 2020
ACLU Comment on Proposed Trump Administration Regulations on Religious Freedom
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration proposed multiple new regulations today that will roll back critical legal protections under the guise of religious liberty. The proposed re...
Issue Areas: Religious Liberty
Dec 06, 2019
ACLU Opposes So-Called Fairness for All Act
WASHINGTON — In response to introduction of the so-called Fairness for All Act in the House of Representatives, Ronnie Newman, National Political Director for the American Civil ...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Religious Liberty
May 22, 2019
HUD Moves to Allow Anti-Trans Discrimination in Federally Funded Homeless Shelters
WASHINGTON — The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a proposal today to roll back protections for transgender people experiencing homelessness, allowing ...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Religious Liberty
Jan 18, 2018
ACLU Statement on Creation of New Division Within Department of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services announced the creation of the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division today, demonstrating the administration’s commi...
Issue Areas: Religious Liberty
Jun 22, 2017
Federal Appeals Court Lifts Injunction Blocking Anti-LGBT Law in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. — A federal appeals court today overturned a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit, Barber v. Bryant, that had previously stopped an anti-LGBT law in Mississippi fro...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Religious Liberty
Jan 09, 2017
ACLU Acts to Block Court Order That Permits Discrimination Against Women, Transgender People Seeking Health Care
FORT WORTH, Texas — The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a motion to stay a nationwide court order preventing the federal government from enforcing an Affordable Care A...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Religious Liberty
Court case: Franciscan Alliance v. Burwell
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