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Discrimination Beyond Marriage
By CAP Action War Room Despite Victory At The Supreme Court, Discrimination Remains Beyond Marriage It has been less than two weeks since the Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, granting same-sex couples the freedom to marry nationwide. But despite our progress on marriage equality, LGBT discrimination persists. In 28 states, same-sex couples can now be legally married one day, and then legally fired from their jobs, evicted from their homes, denied […] -
Quote of the Day …
"The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them became that between employer and free laborer." -- General Order No. 3, read by Union General Gordon Granger, June 19, 1865