Category: Politics
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Supreme Court applies Civil Rights Law to LGBT workers
The 1964 Civil Rights Act made it federal law that: It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex,…
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Supreme Court vacates ruling against Christian baker
On Monday, the Supreme Court vacated a decision regarding a 2013 case of a Christian couple in Oregon who owned a bakery and refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding. The matter was taken to a state agency who fined the bakery owners $135,000. It was said that the owners illegally discriminated based…
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Jon Stewart rips into congress. Shows some issues still transcend party lines
In a testimony that has gone viral this week, comedian Jon Stewart blasted the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday for the absence of many members regarding a hearing for the continuation of a fund for 9/11 first responders. In the testimony, Stewart points out that many 9/11 first responders (who are not ailing from 9/11…
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On abortion, red states are getting redder while blue states get bluer
Separated by the Mississippi River, Illinois and Missouri are in two different worlds when it comes to abortion. It’s a microcosm of much of the nation. As several states have passed new, strict laws on abortion, including Missouri, other states have passed legislation to further diminish the rights of the unborn. Last week, Missouri passed…
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Alabama senate passes what would be nation’s strictest abortion law
Last night, the state senate in Alabama overwhelmingly approved an abortion bill which would enact the strictest abortion laws in the nation. The bill passed the Alabama house earlier this month. The ball is now in governor Kay Ivey’s court. She has six days to sign or veto the bill. From the text of the…
Josh Benner 