Category: Justice
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FLASHBACK: Aiken Schenk Attorneys at Law HRC Award
Our lawyer, Shawn Aiken, received the Human Rights Campaign Arizona’s Corporate Equality Award on behalf of his firm, Aiken Schenk Attorneys at Law. Shawn and his team fought tirelessly for Marriage Equality here in Arizona.
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We’ve Got A Long Way To Go
Over the past two decades, the gay rights movement has made significant legal strides in the U.S., securing the right to marry, the right to private sexual relations, and the right to be able to petition local governments for anti-discrimination protection. There are still gaping holes in legal protections LGBTQ people have in the United…
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Hate Crimes in Arizona
Reported hate crimes in Arizona are on the rise. Garrett Deetz tells his story of breaking free from his past.
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Amy Coney Barrett’s Ties to Hate Group
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has designated the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) as a hate group. Amy Coney Barrett is known to have ties to this group which “supports the recriminalization of sexual acts between consenting LGBTQ adults; has defended state-sanctioned sterilization of trans people abroad; says LGBTQ people are more likely to engage…
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LGBTQ Rights and the Supreme Court
Elections come and go, but Supreme Court decisions can last forever. One of those potentially pivotal cases is before the court Wednesday. A case both poignant and profound, it pits the rights of a city to enforce its anti-discrimination policies in contracting against the rights of religious groups. KNAU.org, Nina Totenberg, November 4, 2020 –…