POLICY NEWS

Ilan Meyer testifies before the House Oversight Committee
On December 14, Ilan Meyer, Distinguished Senior Scholar of Public Policy at the Williams Institute, testified at the House Committee on Oversight and Reform's hearing, The Rise of Anti-LGBTQI+ Extremism and Violence in the United States. Ilan was joined by Jessie Pocock, CEO of Inside Out Youth Services, Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson, Olivia Hunt, Policy Director at the National Center on Transgender Equality, and Charles Fain Lehman, Researcher at the Manhattan Institute (not pictured).
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Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act

On Tuesday, President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA) into law. Brad Sears, Founding Executive Director at the Williams Institute, was at the White House for the signing of the legislation, which overturns the Defense of Marriage Act and provides protections to same-sex families. He said, "Congress and the President made history, supporting marriage equality and rejecting the erosion of fundamental rights by the Court. The RMA is both an incredible victory and a reminder of the work we still have to do.” 
RESEARCH

New collaboration with NORC at the University of Chicago
A new report from NORC at the University of Chicago finds that many U.S. adults oppose discrimination against LGBTQ people based on religious exemptions, including refusing medical care to LGBTQ people, refusing to hire LGBTQ people, and denying services to LGBTQ people. The Williams Institute collaborated with NORC on the underlying survey and will be releasing a series of white papers with further results in the spring.
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