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Will Gay Marriage Be Axed by US Supreme Court?
Posted by Ron
Saturday, July 2nd 2022 @ 07:15:13 AM EST

Justice Thomas, who speaks the clear will of his DT loving wife, has declared war on Gay Marriage. Some feel that his wife's views may not be the will of the largely conservative court. -Ron

NBC News: The reality is that, despite having won access to marriage, LGBTQ Americans have been fighting off challenges to their rights for years. Those who want a return to pre-Stonewall days never gave up. State legislators have introduced more than 300 bills this year attacking the rights of transgender and other LGBTQ people, and more than 20 anti-transgender bills have become law in the past three years. Many activists working to deprive pregnant people of control over their own bodies simultaneously have been trying to do the same to transgender people.

But as we reflect on a truly disastrous Supreme Court term, there is a glimmer of light. Because from a purely legal perspective, marriage equality should not be at risk. The court repeatedly explained in its Obergefell [allowing same-sex marriage] decision that the ruling did not rest entirely on liberty cases like Roe, saying it also independently rested on guarantees of equality. Obergefell held that the right of same-sex couples to marry "is derived, too, from that [14th] Amendment's guarantee of the equal protection of the laws" and that laws restricting that right "abridge central precepts of equality." (For the full article, Click Here.)

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