By Rhuaridh Marr on July 22, rhuaridh. Male escorts in the Cleveland area — which just so happens to be hosting the Republican National Convention — have seen a massive uptick in business in the past week. Apparently not. He said he was a politician. Idaho Republicans are pushing for a resolution urging the U. Supreme Court to overturn its ruling legalizing marriage equality nationwide. Heather Scott R-Blanchard that declares the high court's ruling in the case of Obergefell v.
Hodges an "illegitimate overreach. Scott's resolution asks the court to reinstate the "natural definition of marriage," limiting the practice to heterosexual couples only. For a decade, conservatives have bemoaned the court's decision, which struck down state-level bans on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. They complain that the court imposed a one-size-fits-all approach that promotes a particular ideological view of marriage. Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly took a step closer to removing a currently unenforceable ban on same-sex marriage from the Constitution of Virginia in the past week, setting the stage for a showdown at the ballot box in On January 14, the House of Delegates voted to pass an amendment to prohibit authorities from refusing to issue marriage licenses to "two parties contemplating a lawful marriage" on the basis of the couple's sex, gender, or race.
Seven Republicans voted with all the chamber's Democrats in favor of repeal. Five more Republicans did not vote, while two others abstained. Republicans in Montana are considering a nasty piece of anti-transgender legislation as they hear a proposed bill to ban transgender individuals from bathrooms aligning with their gender identity. Kerri Seekins-Crowe R-Billings , would prohibit transgender people from entering multi-occupancy bathrooms designated for a specific sex that does not align with an individual's assigned sex at birth.
The ban would apply to all "public buildings," which is defined as any facility owned or leased by a public agency. It would encompass bathrooms in government buildings, public colleges and universities, public schools, libraries, museums, state airports, publicly-owned hospitals, and public parks and rest stops. These are challenging times for news organizations. Check out all our membership levels here and please join us today!
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