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Gay Rights, Religion and Public Bathrooms
Around the country, expanding legal protections for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people are being challenged -- often in the name of religious liberty. But the sports world and corporate America are lining up with LGBT people.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenAround the country, expanding legal protections for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and yransgender people are being challenged -- often in the name of religious liberty. But the sports world and corporate America are lining up with LGBT people.
Later on the program, the mountain town of Hotchkiss voted not to go along with legalized marijuana in Colorado. But then the coal industry began to crumble. We hear how the economy is changing attitudes and activities in Hotchkiss.
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3 storiesWhy the Lahore Bombings are a Major Threat to Pakistan
Pakistan's Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has cancelled this week's visit to Washington in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday suicide bombing in a park in Lahore.
Read the story7 minGay Rights, Religion and Public Bathrooms
Last week, North Carolina legalized discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people. Today, the Governor of Georgia vetoed a similar bill after the NFL threatened not to stage Super Bowls there and Hollywood studios said they’d pull out. The struggle's not limited to North Carolina and Georgia.
Read the story32 minA Small Coal Town in Colorado Reconsiders Marijuana
The mountain town of Hotchkiss, Colorado twice voted to ban both the recreational and medical use of marijuana. But then a coal mine in the North Fork Valley shut down amid a wave of industry slowdowns and bankruptcies all over America's coal country. Hotchkiss, Colorado took another look at economic reality.
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