Tag Archives: LGBT

Society Leads, Politicians Follow – Into Unisex Restrooms

April 28, 2015

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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Critics of the Equal Rights Amendment predicted unisex bathrooms and women in combat. Today we have both, though ERA died.
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Equal Rights Amendment, ERA, Gender, Gender-Neutral Restrooms, History, LGBT, Transgender Rights, Women In Combat

The Misdirected Furor In Indiana

April 1, 2015

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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The Indiana religious freedom temblor is not really about gay rights; it is an aftershock of the Hobby Lobby birth control case.
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Freedom of Speech, Indiana, Law, LGBT, Mike Pence, Politics, Religious Freedom, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores

Florida’s Unfinished Adoption Business

January 6, 2015

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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Florida now has same-sex marriage, but an unenforced statute banning gay adoptions still ought to be erased.
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Adoption Law, Florida, Gay Rights, Law, LGBT, Republicans, Same-Sex Marriages

Literate and Illiterate Republicans

April 1, 2014

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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Some Republican officials can see the gay marriage writing on the wall; others can’t.
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Arizona, Bill Schuette, Eric Holder, Gay Marriage, LGBT, Michigan, Politics, Rick Snyder, Same-Sex Marriages

The Day It Snowed In Miami

March 13, 2014

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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A new documentary looks at Miami’s role in the struggle for gay rights and the political rise of religious conservatism.
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Anita Bryant, Florida, Gay Rights, Harvey Milk, History, Law, LGBT, Politics, Ruth Shack