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Today Chelsea Manning filed a lawsuit in federal court in the District of Columbia against Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and other Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of the Army officials for their failure to provide her with medically necessary treatment for her gender dysphoria.
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people can now live, work and play in Roeland Park without fear that they will be discriminated against.
“We will continue to work until all loving couples in Kansas are able to commit to each other and take care of each other with the protections that only come with marriage."
“[W]e have ceased recognizing any “probable cause” authority in the I-247 form, and have notified ICE of our decision,” wrote Brian W. Cole, Director of the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. “It is our desire never to hold a person beyond the period for which proper lawful authority exists.”
The United States Supreme Court and the lower federal courts have consistently held that teaching or otherwise promoting creationism is, simply put, unconstitutional.
Weatherford spoke in opposition to SB 330, which would mandate solitary confinement for all inmates serving life, life without parole, and death penalty sentences.