MIAMI, FL, April 9, 2015 — The Florida State Senate has nixed blanket-discrimination from an adoption bill that was previously passed by the Florida State House of Representatives. Like Indiana’s controversial discrimination law, the bill would have legalized broad discrimination—in this case against parents and prospective parents of adopted children—based on religious belief. If passed,…
Read MoreSpringfield Repeals Nondiscrimination Ordinance Protecting LGBTQ People
SPRINGFIELD, MO, April 8, 2015 — A slim majority of voters in Springfield, Missouri have repealed the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance approved by the city council last year. The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund provided on-the-ground organizing, logistical and financial support in the effort to reject Question 1—a ballot measure that called for the repeal…
Read MoreArkansas discrimination law “should never have been passed in the first place”
Washington, DC, April 3, 2015 — “Nix it don’t fix it” is the message that the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is sending to politicians across the nation the day after Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed a revised HB1228: SB975 — a bill that until revised was a copy-cat version of Indiana’s controversial discrimination…
Read MoreNew “Nix It Now” campaign urges politicians to reject Indiana-style discrimination laws
Washington, DC, April 2, 2015 — Today the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is launching a new campaign called “Nix It Now” (#NixItNow) urging politicians to reject Indiana-style discrimination laws. Go to the organization’s facebook page to share a “Nix it Now” graphic. The new campaign begins on the day when Indiana legislators announced a…
Read MoreArkansas: Task Force urges Hutchinson to veto Indiana-style discrimination bill AR Lawmakers Pass Controversial HB1228
Washington, DC, April 1, 2015 — The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is urging Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) to veto an Indiana-style discrimination law, HB1228, that was passed by the Arkansas legislature yesterday. “Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas has a critical choice to make about the future of his state: do the right thing…
Read MoreBREAKING: Indiana Passes Nation’s Most Anti-LGBTQ Law
Washington, DC, March 23, 2015 — Governor Mike Pence (R-Indiana) is being urged to veto SB101, a piece of legislation that would be one of the most anti-LGBTQ laws in the nation by allowing individuals to ignore any law they deem to conflict with their religious beliefs. A broad coalition of groups in Indiana is…
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