Lillian Ladele v. Islington Council
A marriage registrar was discriminated against on grounds of religious beliefs and harassed when required to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies.
Chronological & Subject Repository
Topic: LGBTQ & Religious Liberty
February 2026
Boissoin v. Alberta Human Rights Commission
The Alberta Human Rights Commission found Pastor Stephen Boissoin guilty of discrimination and hate based on a letter criticizing homosexuality published in a newspaper.
Perry v. Hollingsworth
Appeal of Perry v. Schwarzenegger pending before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of Proposition 8.
Perry v. Schwarzenegger
Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage, violates the constitutional rights of same-sex couples to marry.
New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms v. New York State Senate
Liberty Counsel filed a lawsuit seeking to declare New York's Marriage Equality Act void and to invalidate same-sex marriages on grounds of procedural defects…
Barber v. Bryant
The Supreme Court declined to review a challenge to Mississippi's HB 1523, which allows public officials and businesses to deny services to LGBT people…
Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant
The Supreme Court declined to review a challenge brought by an Episcopal priest and organization contesting Mississippi's HB 1523 as favoring one religious view…
Brush & Nib Studio, LC v. City of Phoenix
A Phoenix city ordinance cannot require a business to create same-sex wedding invitations in violation of the owners' sincerely held religious beliefs and free…
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission v. Hands On Originals
An LGBTQ+ advocacy organization lacked standing to bring a discrimination claim under a city non-discrimination ordinance that required an individual, not an organization, to…
Minton v. Dignity Health
A religious hospital can be liable for discrimination under the Unruh Civil Rights Act if it refuses to provide medical services for religious reasons…