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Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement as the Supreme Court begins to hear oral arguments in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission:
"The true story of America is a story that celebrates the constant march of progress toward full and equal rights for all people, regardless of who they are or whom they love.
Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616
Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – At a bipartisan meeting today in the U.S. Capitol, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi directly called on Dr. Ali Abdel Aal Sayyed Ahmed, Speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives to denounce the assault on civil liberties involving anti-LGBT persecution, NGO activity and attacks on religious minorities in Egypt. Leader Pelosi also hand-delivered a letter addressed to the Egyptian Speaker detailing her strong concerns.
Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rolled back a federal government policy protecting transgender people from workplace discrimination under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act:
Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616
San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after President Trump signed a memorandum ordering the Pentagon to block transgender Americans from enlisting in the military, to halt payment for medically necessary treatments for transgender troops, and to consider drumming transgender troops out of the military: