Carlos Santoscoy

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Large Majority Of Americans Oppose Businesses Refusing To Serve Gay People

Nearly three quarters of American adults oppose businesses refusing to serve gay men and lesbians based on the owner’s religious beliefs.According to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released Monday, 72 percent of respondents said that businesses whose owners are opposed to LGBT rights based on their religious beliefs should not be allowed to refuse to serve gay and bisexual men and lesbians. The poll was released on the same day that the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. The high court’s ruling was narrow in scope and appeared to […]

California Bans Travel To Oklahoma Over Law Allowing Adoption Agencies To Refuse Gay Couples

California has banned government workers from non-essential travel to Oklahoma over its recent passage of an adoption law that discriminates against gay and lesbian couples. Last month, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, a Republican, signed into law Senate Bill 1140, a controversial bill that allows religious child welfare organizations, including adoption and foster care agencies, to refuse to place children with same-sex couples. California adopted a law in 2016 banning such travel to states that restrict LGBT rights. On Friday, Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that the state had added Oklahoma to its list of states under its travel ban. “California […]

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Deal Reached In Transgender Case Seeking Bathroom Access

An agreement has been reached in the case of a transgender student who was seeking access to the bathroom of his choice at his Wisconsin high school. Ashton Whitaker, who has since graduated high school, sued Kenosha Unified School District over its policy of restricting transgender students to using separate bathrooms from their peers. A lower court in September, 2016 ordered the school district to stop enforcing the policy. The school district turned to the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which also sided with Whitaker. A three-judge panel said that Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972, which […]