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• THE SUPREME COURT L FOR A SIGNER WHO DON’T WANT TO MAKE WEDDG WEBS FOR GAY UPL
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• MANY SUCCSFUL GAY MARRIAG SHARE AN OPEN SECRET
• THE SUPREME COURT L FOR A SIGNER WHO DON'T WANT TO MAKE WEDDG WEBS FOR GAY UPL
• GAY UPLE WISNS BYPASS FLAG L WH RABOW FLOODLIGHTS
• GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• IN NARROW OPN, SUPREME COURT RUL FOR BAKER IN GAY-RIGHTS CASE

THE SUPREME COURT L FOR A SIGNER WHO DON’T WANT TO MAKE WEDDG WEBS FOR GAY UPL

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a feat for gay rights, the Supreme Court’s nservative majory led on Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to sign weddg webs n refe to work wh same-sex upl.

One of the urt’s liberal jtic wrote a dissent that the cisn’s effect is to “mark gays and lbians for send-class stat” and that the cisn opens the door to other discrimatn.

For nearly three s, the urt has expand the rights of LGBTQ people, most notably givg same-sex upl the right to marry 2015 and announcg five years later a cisn wrten by Gorsuch that a landmark civil rights law also protects gay, lbian and transgenr people om employment the latt cisn, however, Gorsuch said that a lg agast Smh would allow the ernment “to force all manner of artists, speechwrers, and others whose servic volve speech to speak what they do not believe on pa of penalty.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

”Sotomayor referenced the urt’s history wh the issue of gay rights her dissent, wrg: “The LGBT rights movement has ma historic stris, and I am proud of the role this Court has recently played that history. The immediate, symbolic effect of the cisn is to mark gays and lbians for send-class stat, ” she wrote at another as has expand gay rights, however, the urt has been reful to say those wh differg relig views need to be rpected. The belief that marriage n only be between one man and one woman is an ia that “long has been held — and ntu to be held — good fah by reasonable and scere people here and throughout the world, ” Jtice Anthony Kennedy wrote the urt’s gay marriage cisn.

MANY SUCCSFUL GAY MARRIAG SHARE AN OPEN SECRET

The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag. (Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple.

They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando. Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients. “I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic.

THE SUPREME COURT L FOR A SIGNER WHO DON'T WANT TO MAKE WEDDG WEBS FOR GAY UPL

To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church.

“I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om. But they knew om the begng that their bond would be fed on their own terms, cludg what they ll “play” wh other the trial phase of the nstutnal battle to overturn the Proposn 8 ban on same-sex marriage nclus feral urt, gay nuptials are portrayed by opponents as an effort to rewre the tradnal l of matrimony. A study to be released next month is offerg a rare glimpse si gay relatnships and reveals that monogamy is not a central feature for many.

And while that may sound untertuive, some experts say boundary-challengg gay relatnships reprent an evolutn marriage — one that might pot the way for the survival of the rearch at San Francis State Universy reveals jt how mon open relatnships are among gay men and lbians the Bay Area. The Gay Coupl Study has followed 556 male upl for three years — about 50 percent of those surveyed have sex outsi their relatnships, wh the knowledge and approval of their nsent is key.

GAY UPLE WISNS BYPASS FLAG L WH RABOW FLOODLIGHTS

“Wh straight people, ’s lled affairs or cheatg, ” said Colleen Hoff, the study’s prcipal vtigator, “but wh gay people do not have such negative nnotatns. A different study, published 1985, nclud that open gay relatnships actually lasted of this is news the gay muny, but few will speak publicly about .

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page NaN of the Natnal edn wh the headle: Many Succsful Gay Marriag Share an Open Secret.

GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

WASHINGTON -- In a feat for gay rights, the Supreme Court's nservative majory led on Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to sign weddg webs n refe to work wh same-sex upl. One of the urt's liberal jtic wrote a dissent that the cisn's effect is to “mark gays and lbians for send-class stat” and that the cisn opens the door to other discrimatn. And on Thursday the urt a unanimo cisn ed the se of a Christian mail rrier who did not want to liver Amazon packag on Sundays to solidify protectns for workers who ask for relig cisn is also a retreat on gay rights for the urt.

”Sotomayor referenced the urt's history wh the issue of gay rights her dissent, wrg: “The LGBT rights movement has ma historic stris, and I am proud of the role this Court has recently played that history. The immediate, symbolic effect of the cisn is to mark gays and lbians for send-class stat, " she wrote at another as has expand gay rights, however, the urt has been reful to say those wh differg relig views need to be rpected.

IN NARROW OPN, SUPREME COURT RUL FOR BAKER IN GAY-RIGHTS CASE

The belief that marriage n only be between one man and one woman is an ia that “long has been held — and ntu to be held — good fah by reasonable and scere people here and throughout the world, ” Jtice Anthony Kennedy wrote the urt's gay marriage urt returned to that ia five years ago when was nonted wh the se of a Christian baker who objected to signg a ke for a same-sex weddg. A Florida homeowners associatn has orred a gay uple to remove a small rabow flag om their ont yard, but the uple has no tentn of takg Plomski and Mike Ferrari of Oakland Park, Florida, were issued a catn on June 5 that told them to take the flag down by June 15 or pay a $50 daily fe.

“I really thk the catn is bee ’s a gay pri flag and someone the neighborhood is offend, simple as that, " Ferrari told NBC uple said they will ntue to fly their pri flag until the end of the month.

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