Christian college lacks standing in federal housing rule challenge
A private Christian college in Missouri lost before the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a challenge to a federal rule requiring students be placed in dorms that align with their gender identity.
Anti-discrimination proposals stall in Missouri House
Democrats in the Missouri House want to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, but their proposals have yet to be assigned to a committee for a hearing. The sponsor of the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act, state Rep. Greg Razer, of Kansas City, told St. Louis Public Radio that he’s frustrated about the lack of progress. […]
Civil Rights: Sexual Orientation Discrimination-First Amendment-Same-Sex Wedding Videos
Where the owners of a video-production business, who sought to produce wedding video but only of opposite-sex couples in accordance with their religious beliefs, sued Minnesota seeking injunctive relief preventing the state from enforcing anti-discrimination provisions of the Minnesota Human Rights Act, the owners have standing for the action because the state’s active enforcement of […]
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