July 23rd 2021 Queer Voices

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Hate in the State Legislature - Supreme Court Case Part 2

We speak with Brad Pritchett, field director for Equality Texas, about the Texas legilative session about the potetntial impact on the LGBT community. Brad details plans for the fight against these damaging bills.

GUEST: Brad Pritchett
https://www.equalitytexas.org/

Then we feature the second part of an interview with attorney Jason Lyon about the Supreme Court decision Fulton County --vs-- Philadelphia. In a surprising unanimous decision recently in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, the Supreme Court ruled that Philadelphia violated the First Amendment’s free exercise clause by refusing to contract with a Catholic foster care agency — Catholic Social Services — that refrained from placing children with same-sex families.

GUEST: Jason Lyon
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/18/supreme-court-handed-conservatives-narrow-religious-freedom-victory-fulton-v-city-philadelphia/?fbclid=IwAR010Q8b0gGBcIMiCg-7Fzf_PBxYRST_pHxyBrD_8w096w3CSUtBsNhJDBU

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