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Discrimination in America!
Christian bakery guilty of discrimination over gay marriage cake refusal
Bert and Ernie, with his Rubber Ducky
Court rules Christian-owned bakery that refused to ice cake with pro-gay marriage slogan discriminated on grounds of sexual orientation
TX Senate Passes Bill Protecting Pastors from Performing Same-Sex Marriages
‘No discrimination here,’ US academics say after Israel boycott
In December, the American Studies Association approved a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, such as the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (pictured). (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
American Studies Association denies its conference banned Israelis, saying even Netanyahu could attend if he did not represent his government — but not everyone buys that argument
Religious Freedom Not Protected in Obama’s LGBT Employment Order, Conservatives Say
(Photo: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE) U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement on the border crisis after his meeting with Texas Governor Rick Perry (not seen) in Dallas July 9, 2014.
Joe Biden Says Protecting Gay Rights Trumps Culture, Social Traditions
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden listens during a news conference in Vilnius, N.H., March 19, 2014. (Photo: Reuters/Ints Kalnins)
Broadway Cab driver suspended after allegedly forcing same-sex couple out on I-84
Shanako Devoll, left, with partner, Kate Neal. The couple say they were forced out of a Broadway Cab on I-84 around midnight Thursday because the driver objected to their sexual orientation.Courtesy of Kate Neal
Shanako M. Devoll and her partner Kate Neal say a Broadway Cab driver ditched them on the side of a Portland freeway around midnight Thursday because of their sexual orientation.
Devoll said she was showing affection to Neal when the cab driver started making inappropriate comments.
“I was holding her hand and we kissed a couple of times in the back seat, minding our own business,” Devoll said. “He made homophobic remarks that were very hurtful to us. We did not want to be in his cab.”
But the couple asked to be let off at a safe spot, Devoll said.
U.S. city looks to penalize Bible believers
Critics charge ‘anti-bias’ requirement punishes people with moral convictions
Think it’s hot in Texas these days? Just wait a few weeks, until the San Antonio City Council ends its summer hiatus and resumes work on a proposed change to its nondiscrimination ordinances that apparently will discriminate against all who take the Bible at its word and follow it.
That’s because the change creates a penalty for those who ever exhibit a “bias,” which clearly could include adopting the Bible’s condemnation of homosexuality, with a permanent ban on participation in city government, business or employment.
Opponents of the plan, which would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the nondiscrimination ordinances, charge it is a violation of constitutional Article VI, paragraph 3, which states, “[N]o religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”
Six-year-old boy banned from wearing Christian band
Primary school bans six-year-old boy from wearing Christian band in class for ‘health and safety reasons’
A furious dad has slammed a school after his six-year-old son was banned from wearing a Christian band in class on health and safety grounds.
Peter Thompson’s son Eddie had been wearing the band, decorated with the Christian symbol of a fish, out of sight for six months.
But when a teacher spotted Eddie scratching his ankle she noticed the band, covered by his sock, and ordered him to hand it over.
Now he is being kept at home after he was banned from wearing the band at school on health and safety grounds.
Banned: Six-year-old Eddie Thompson (left) was told he was not allowed to wear the Christian band around his ankle at school. His father Peter Thompson (right), 39, is now keeping him at home until the situation is resolved
Mr Thompson, 39, is demanding an apology from the head at Estfeld Primary in Tickhill, near Doncaster, and is keeping Eddie at home until the situation is resolved.
He has made a series of complaints and says he believes the school is discriminating against him because he is a Christian, after Eddie was told he could not wear the band at school.
Mr Thompson, from Tickhill, said : ‘I couldn’t believe it when Eddie told me what had happened. He was so upset.
‘He wears the band because he wants to feel that God is always with him. He has had it on for the past six months and makes sure it is covered by his sock, so it’s not on display or posing any kind of risk.
‘No one has said a thing about it for all this time but when one of the teachers spotted it when Eddie had an itchy ankle and was scratching it she took it off him.
‘When I complained about this to the school they were very blunt and said bands like this were banned. I think they’re discriminating against him because he’s a Christian. This is a symbol of his faith.
Headteacher Diane Risley has said the school ‘has a clear uniform policy in place to help families understand what pupils can and cannot wear whilst at school’
‘I’m particularly angry and upset at the school because during the summer they were actually selling rubber charity bands to raise money.
‘It doesn’t make sense to me that now they say they are banned yet in the summer they were selling them on school property.
Ruling: The incident follows the recent victory by airline worker Nadia Eweida who won a court battle after being banned from wearing a Christian cross while working at a check-in counter
‘I don’t want his education to suffer but I don’t want to send him back at this stage and when he does go back I’m worried about how he will be treated.’
Head teacher Diane Risley said: ‘At Tickhill Estfeld the safety and well being of all pupils is taken extremely seriously and the school has a clear uniform policy in place to help families understand what pupils can and cannot wear whilst at school.
‘Whilst we do not comment on individual cases any parent who has concerns is entitled to raise these with us directly.’
Mr Thompson, a lorry driver, said Eddie picked out the band himself at a Christian bookshop six months ago.
He said: ‘We are telling Eddie that he’s now off school because of the weather. He keeps praying for snow.’
Mr Thompson, who regularly attends Bentley Baptist Church in Doncaster with his son, believes the school are discriminating against Eddie because he is a Christian.
He said: ‘We are a Christian family and Eddie’s band was a reflection of this.’
The news follows a recent victory by airline worker Nadia Eweida who won a court battle after being banned from wearing a Christian cross while working at a check-in counter. Her case was upheld by the European Court of Human Rights who ruled that she was allowed to wear it as an expression of her faith.
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