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News (USA)
Justice Alito begins full-court press on LGBTQ rights by claiming that marriage equality ruling censors people
“You can’t say that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Until recently, that’s what the vast majority of Americans thought. Now, it’s considered bigotry.”
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News (USA)
The new Supreme Court’s first LGBTQ case is set for right after the election
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia is a case that has thousands of organizations and politicians choosing sides because “there are lots of potential consequences.”
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Commentary
With Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court, could marriage equality be in jeopardy?
The odds are against SCOTUS outright overturning marriage equality – but the conservative majority will do everything in its power to erode it by granting religious conservatives free rein to ignore the law.
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Commentary
Utah is considering decriminalizing polygamy. The right wants to blame marriage equality.
The state’s strong conservative leadership would have you believe that marriage equality inevitably caused legislators’ complex relationship with plural marriages.
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Commentary
‘Mitchmatching’ and the death of the world’s greatest deliberative body
The Senate has lost its integrity due to the leadership of Sen. Mitch McConnell. It’s time to define his actions accordingly.
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Commentary
Neil Gorsuch could split the Supreme Court to a narrow victory on LGBTQ rights
If the end result is 4-1-4 in favor of Aimee Stephens with a narrow, positive interpretation of Title VII being the 1, I’ll cheer.
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News (USA)
SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas may not be in court tomorrow. He can still rule against LGBTQ rights.
A Supreme Court justice doesn’t have to listen to arguments in person to make a decision.
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Politics
Ellen & George W. Bush were yukking it up while hanging out together at a football game
This year, two of Bush’s Supreme Court appointees could decide that federal law doesn’t protect LGBTQ people.
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Commentary
How much we lose at the Supreme Court will depend on how much we ignore
If the court rules against LGBTQ rights, trans people who live outside of cities and states with inclusive nondiscrimination laws will need legal umbrellas. Here is one that some, though not all, might be able to use.
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News (USA)
Serial killer who targeted gay men is scheduled for execution on Thursday
Each murder was a brutal struggle. The killer then shoved things down their throats after they were dead.