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Faith leaders urge state representatives to support Equality Act

MORGANTOWN — Area faith leaders met on Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church to express their support of the Equality Act and urge state representatives to advocate for the protection of LGBTQ+ individuals from discrimination. The Equality Act is a piece of federal legislation that ...

June 6 letters to the editor

Medical care unevenly distributed in town Recently, after I cut a couple of fingers on a hedge trimmer, I needed to get to urgent care. I live on the Don Knotts Boulevard side of Morgantown. I was disappointed and surprised to find that the Waterfront Med Express was closing on June ...

Fairness WV and others call for support from representatives

Outspoken advocates for the Equality Act suggested senators and delegates need to publicly show support for the bill to help get it passed. The bipartisan Equality Act will update federal law to include express and enduring nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ Americans in crucial areas ...

We need the Equality Act

This past week, The Dominion Post editorial board sat down with representatives from and allies of Fairness West Virginia to discuss the Equality Act, which passed the U.S. House and now heads to the Senate. Jake Jarvis, Fairness WV’s communications manager, described this as a ...

Centrist senators must save Equality Act

by the Rev. Marian Edmonds-Allen and Derek Monson Another year, another Congress, another attempt to enact LGBTQ+ equality legislation that has no hope of succeeding. If LGBTQ+ Americans are to gain federal protections for their sexual orientation and gender identity, it will only be ...