Whether this ultimately takes the form of inclusion within the marriage laws themselves or a parallel 'domestic partnership' system or some equivalent statutory alternative, rests with the Legislature He claims that this refusal isn't discrimination at all, but a permissible refusal to sell a distinctive product—a cake celebrating a sex change—to anyone.
What if you were in a remote town with a broken down car and the only mechanic in miles refused to serve you citing deeply held religious beliefs about your skin colour or they will reject gay people regardless of any court ruling affiliation?
They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. International Business Times.
By John Ndiso. Directory of sites. Campaigners say the colonial-era law violates Kenya's progressive constitution, which guarantees equality, dignity and privacy for all citizens. United States. Some have killed themselves in despair.
The judge ordered an injunction against enforcement of Prop. Jim Douglas' veto. Discrimination against those who wear yarmulkes and hijabs is religious discrimination, even though the wearing of those items is conduct and not status. It turns on a distinction between status and conduct that makes no they will reject gay people regardless of any court ruling in the context of sexual orientation discrimination.
Sex and gender identity, like sex and sexual orientation, are different traits. At today's House Judiciary subcommittee hearing around a constitutional amendment to ban marriage for same-sex couples, former Congressman Bob Barr and Wyoming State Sen.
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