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Sorry, Liberty Counsel — LGBT Protections Can Stay at Virginia Schools

Started by stephaniec, February 22, 2016, 09:22:18 PM

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February 22, 2016, 09:22:18 PM
Sorry, Liberty Counsel — LGBT Protections Can Stay at Virginia Schools

http://www.advocate.com/politics/2016/2/22/sorry-liberty-counsel-lgbt-protections-can-stay-virginia-schools

The Advocate/By Sunnivie Brydum February 22 2016 7:30 PM EST

"There's nothing wrong with a Virginia school district's protections for LGBT students, a state judge determined Friday, according to the Washington Blade.

A judge in Fairfax County Circuit Court Friday dismissed the lawsuit against the Fairfax County Public Schools board, filed in December by right-wing legal nonprofit Liberty Counsel. The stridently anti-LGBT nonprofit claimed that the school board's May decision to include sexual orientation and gender identity in its nondiscrimination policy violated a law known as Dillon's Rule, which bars local governing bodies (including school boards) from going beyond state law in such policies. Virginia's statewide antidiscrimination law does not enumerate protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. "
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