Tag: executive order

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Epstein Files, Civil Commitment Executive Order Remind Us Why Process and Compassion are Due to All Americans. Now Let’s Make Sure Local Leaders Know.

July 25, 2025 by

The pain of this week is pretty hard to describe. I’ll try. First, there is the Epstein files/lists/cases and victims. Every news cycle is filled with debates about who is on the list, if the list exists, and should it be revealed. Pittsburgh’s own Congresswoman Summer Lee made a bold move – a subcommittee of […]

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ENDA, Religious Exemptions, and Why Non-Discrimination Matters

July 9, 2014 by
Repent Amarillo

Most people do not believe this so let me open with a statement of fact – in most of the United States (and Pennsylvania) it is legal to fire someone or deny them a rental unit or service because they are LGBTQ.  It is legal. It doesn’t have anything to do with “right to work” […]

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Do You Understand What Happened This Week With The Obama Administration and LGBT Equality?

April 16, 2012 by

I hope you have been paying attention, but it is tremendously complicated.  From FireDogLake The Obama administration on Wednesday decided not to move forward with an executive order prohibiting workplace discrimination among federal contractors that is a top priority for the LGBT community. “While it is not our usual practice to discuss Executive Orders that […]