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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBT people.
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Read More »Supreme Court takes case involving refusal to serve gay couples
Richard Rombro, former Baltimore judge, dies at 91
Retired Baltimore City Circuit Judge Richard T. Rombro, whose landmark 1998 ruling that Maryland’s anti-sodomy law could not be applied to consensual acts presaged the U.S. Supreme Court’s validation 17 years later of same-sex marriage as constitutionally protected, died Tuesday ...
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Read More »Catholic Relief Services accused of gender bias, denial of same-sex benefits
Catholic Relief Services withdrew health insurance coverage from a gay employee’s spouse despite having told the worker that the Baltimore-based agency’s insurance plan does not discriminate against same-sex marriages, the worker has alleged in a lawsuit filed in federal court. ...
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Read More »Activists praise Md. bill to end ‘gay/trans panic’ defense
ANNAPOLIS – Gay rights activists hailed legislation Tuesday that would bar murder defendants from claiming they were provoked to violence after discovering the victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity in an effort to reduce their offense to manslaughter, a defense ...
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Read More »4th Circuit: U.S. courts closed to job bias claims against Md. agencies
Federal courthouse doors are closed to discrimination claims against Maryland state agencies under the state’s Fair Employment Practices Act, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday in dismissing a former prison system budget director’s claim he was fired because he is ...
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Read More »Theme park files lawsuit of biblical proportions
Welcome to Tuesday, the 45th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of “The Magic Show.” Here are some news items to get your work week started: — Noah’s Ark theme park sues for rain damage. — Opioid-related lawsuit opens against Johnson ...
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Read More »Protesting in Zimbabwe could lead to decades in prison
Hong Kong, Anthony Weiner and jails and the mentally ill round out the roundup.
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Read More »Remembering Fred Thompson, an attorney who played one on TV
Remembering lawyer-turned-actor Fred Thompson leads news summary that includes gay-rights vote, a rancorous service of process and a legal dispute over home schooling.
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Read More »Los Angeles considers stricter gun control
Los Angeles gun-control proposal heads news summary that includes a Wall Street lawsuit, gay rights in Asia and child-abuse policy debate in Montgomery County.
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Read More »Marriage won, gay rights battle moves to religious liberty laws
The U.S. Supreme Court may have written the most consequential words in the history of gay rights with its recognition of same-sex marriage. But those words won’t be the last. While same-sex marriage was already legal in most of the ...
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