Etiqueta: Civil Rights

A newly formed business coalition that consists of 60 members — including Apple, Coca-Cola and Target Corp. — will urge passage of comprehensive LGBT non-discrimination legislation known as the Equality Act, the Human Rights Campaign announced on Thursday. The initiative, known as the Business Coalition for the Equality Act, consists

Jim Obergefell’s name will forever be linked to same-sex marriage in the United States, and yet he remains mostly unknown to most Americans. The real estate agent and technology consultant from Ohio, who lost his husband to ALS, began a battle to have their marriage recognized by their home state in 2013

Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, may run into Kim Davis at President Obama’s final State of the Union address. And if he does, Obergefell has a message to deliver. Obergefell, invited to sit in First Lady Michelle Obama’s box in the

If there are two people who represent opposite poles in the gay marriage debate, it’s Supreme Court plaintiff Jim Obergefell and Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis. And they’ll both be in the House chamber for the State of the Union on Tuesday night. Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the landmark

As Donald Trump refused to back down from his call to ban Muslims from entering the United States, condemnation rained down on the candidate from Atlantic to Pacific, including here in the Mid-Valley. The outrage was fueled by a simple question: Is fear-mongering a policy worthy of a great and