World of Politics

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Australia: Religious Discrimination Bill could see 'religious views interfere in patient care'

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Equality Australia claimed "these cases matter because the "draft Religious Discrimination Bill 2019 will make it easier for personal religious views to interfere with patient healthcare".

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US: Bishop Chairmen Commend Action to Prevent Discrimination Against Faith-based Adoption, Foster Care, and Social Service Providers

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We commend the Administration for acting to change a 2016 regulation that threatened to shut out faith-based social service providers, namely adoption and foster care agencies that respect a child’s right to a mother and a father.

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US: Trump Attacks LGBTQ People, Religious Minorities with Proposed HHS Regulation

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Today, HRC responded to news that the Trump-Pence White House has proposed a federal regulation that would strip away nondiscrimination requirements and permit all Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant recipients, notably adoption and foster care agencies, to discriminate against LGBTQ people, and in many circumstances religious minorities and women, and still receive federal funding.

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“This is four years in the making.” Eastern Caribbean LGBT organisation launches five-country legal challenge to anti-gay laws

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The Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (ECADE), today announced the launch of five legal challenges to the remnants of draconian laws of our colonial past.

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Panama Parliament condemns violence in protests against constitutional reforms

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“Ignorance and prejudice are the basis of homophobia in our country and the LGTBI community is defenseless against these attacks . Listening to the deputy renews the fight. Many have opened their eyes that homophobia is real and dangerous. ”