by Jessica Machetta | Mar 13, 2014 | Crime / Courts, Legislature, News
A state law that forces funeral protesters to stay 300 feet from has been upheld by the Federal District Court for the Western District of Missouri, but that won’t stop members of Westboro Baptist Church from picketing, nor will it keep them from filing suits...
by Mike Lear | Mar 13, 2014 | Legislature, News
A Missouri House Committee has heard debate on legislation that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the state’s Human Rights Statute’s definition of “discrimination.” The proposal, HB 1930, would specify that the statute covers...
by Jessica Machetta | Jan 21, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Gov. Jay Nixon last year vetoed a bill that would make it more difficult to file suit for discrimination in the workplace. Conversely, the legislature failed to pass a measure that would make it illegal to discriminate against an employee based on sexual orientation....
by Jessica Machetta | Jun 26, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
The American Civil Liberties Union says the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act is a historic move in the advancement of civil rights. The ACLU of Eastern Missouri in St. Louis says the decision states very clearly that the federal...
