LGBTQIA+ sanctuary declarations may lack legal impact
By John E. Finn, Wesleyan University Editor’s note: This article, distributed by The Associated Press, was originally published on The Conversation website. The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Several cities and towns, mostly in the American Midwest and South, are responding to a surge of proposed and […]
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