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Charlie Baker

Memo to Gov. Baker: Quotas are the opposite of fair

Governor Charlie Baker recently broke new ground by making Massachusetts the first state in the nation to make lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered-owned businesses the beneficiaries of government set-asides. The new "supplier diversity" order means that in a few years, a certain percentage of contracts entered into by

transgender

Sen. Graham: No birth certificate needed for my bathroom

(CNSNews.com) – "Well, I think it would be a bad idea to put little girls in a bathroom with grown men," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told CNN on Thursday. But the senator also made it clear that the issue is not one of major national importance, as

discrimination

Student sues Missouri State for bouncing him based on morals

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A former Missouri State University graduate student says in a federal lawsuit that the school kicked him out of a master's program three years after he said counseling gay couples violated his religious beliefs. Andrew Cash said he was removed from the master's

justice department

U-New Mexico flunks feds’ test for sex assault response

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Students often do not know how to report sexual assault and sexual harassment at the University of New Mexico or where to turn for help in a broken system that violates federal law, the U.S. Justice Department said Friday. The department, which launched its investigation

Massachusetts

On anniversary, officials assess anti-discrimination efforts

BOSTON — Past and present leaders of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination recently debated the roles of funding and promotion in addressing an agency beset by a heavy caseload of thousands of discrimination complaints. During a Feb. 5 panel discussion with five other current and former MCAD commissioners to mark the

transgender

Kennedy, Healey push lawmakers to broaden transgender protections

BOSTON — U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy and state Attorney General Maura Healey appeared at a State House hearing Tuesday to support bills that would increase protections for transgender people. Before a packed Gardner Auditorium, supporters and opponents spoke out about the measures, which would govern access to public spaces, including

discrimination

Religious groups press Obama to let them keep the faith when hiring

Religious groups ratcheted up pressure on President Barack Obama last week, seeking clarification of U.S. policies on employee hiring by organizations that receive government funds. Seventy prominent religious leaders signed a letter to the president Sept. 10 urging him to continue letting faith-based organizations that receive government support hire